- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
Question: "On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbors?"
Justifiability of homosexuality
Question: "Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between."
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents
Question: "Homosexual couples are as good parents as other couples"
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
History
Homosexual activity in Ethiopia is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
This status may change soon as anti-gay organizations are pushing for the death penalty.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ethiopia is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Ethiopia is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ethiopia is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.
Serving openly in military in Ethiopia is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ethiopia is unknown.
Conversion therapy in Ethiopia is not banned.
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of Ethiopia.
- Sumale
- Tigray
- YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch
- Adis Abeba (Administration)
- Dire Dawa (Administration)