Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✖ Banned
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    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.

Same-sex marriage in Eritrea

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Same-sex marriage in Eritrea is banned.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
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 no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Eritrea, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Eritrea

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Right to change legal gender in Eritrea is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place.
Sources:
No source as no law exists
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Gender-affirming care in Eritrea

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Gender-affirming care in Eritrea is banned.

Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Eritrea is banned
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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 not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized
Sources:
No source exists showing non-binary recognition
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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

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.
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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
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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.
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Intersex infant surgery in Eritrea

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Intersex infant surgery in Eritrea is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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LGBT Rights by Region

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