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LGBT Rights in Eritrea

    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    Ambiguous
    Non-binary gender recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A

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History

Homosexual activity in Eritrea

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Homosexual activity in Eritrea is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Simple Imprisonment: 10 days to 3 years.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/…
loc.gov/law/help/criminal-l…
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Same-sex marriage in Eritrea

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Same-sex marriage in Eritrea is not legal.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Not legal
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Eritrea

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Eritrea is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
Eritrea is well known to be a very high censored country in Africa. In 2004, three hotel workers from a number of western Countries were expelled from Eritrea for reportedly having same sexual activity. While there is no written rules against LGBT related contents , morality laws can apply in Eritrea of those suspected of speeading " LGBT Propaganda ".
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
"Lgbt rights in Eritrea -Wiki "
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Right to change legal gender in Eritrea

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Right to change legal gender in Eritrea is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Eritrea

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Eritrea is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Eritrea

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LGBT discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
As homosexuality is illegal, no legal protection exists for either gender identity or sexual orientations
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Eritrea

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LGBT employment discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Eritrea

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LGBT housing discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex adoption in Eritrea

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Same-sex adoption in Eritrea is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2010
Single only
Only single people.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
adoption.com/eritrea
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Serving openly in military in Eritrea

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Serving openly in military in Eritrea is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Blood donations by MSMs in Eritrea

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Blood donations by MSMs in Eritrea is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned (indefinite deferral)
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Conversion therapy in Eritrea

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Conversion therapy in Eritrea is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in Eritrea or in Ethiopia.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Equal age of consent in Eritrea

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Equal age of consent in Eritrea is n/a.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
N/A
Homosexual activity is outlawed in Eritrea.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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