- 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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Same-sex marriage in Eritrea is not legal.
Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Since Jul 23, 1957
Not legal
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
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 ".
Right to change legal gender in Eritrea is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Eritrea is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
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 is no protections.
Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
LGBT housing discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Eritrea is single only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2010
Since Jan 1, 2010
Single only
Only single people.
Serving openly in military in Eritrea is illegal.
Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Blood donations by MSMs in Eritrea is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned (indefinite deferral)
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Conversion therapy in Eritrea is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in Eritrea or in Ethiopia.
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