- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✖ Illegal
- Adoption✖ Illegal
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✖ Unequal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Homosexuality is illegal in Ethiopia and penalties can range from 10 days to three years, according to the UN Refugee Agency. There is a maximum sentence of 10 years that can be imposed if an offender "uses violence, intimidation or coercion, trickery or fraud, or takes unfair advantage of the victim’s inability to offer resistance."
This status may change soon as anti-gay organizations are pushing for the death penalty.
This status may change soon as anti-gay organizations are pushing for the death penalty.
Current status
(since Dec 8, 2016)
(since Dec 8, 2016)
Legal
According to Israel Times.
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)