- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- 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
- N/A
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors ?
Ranked #62 out of 79 regions surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)
(69.1%) Mentioned homosexuals
Did not mention homosexuals (30.1%)
Justifiability of homosexuality ?
Ranked #62 out of 79 regions surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)
(79.6%) Not justifiable
Justifiable (5.9%)
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents ?
Ranked #67 out of 74 regions surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)
(72.2%) Disagree
Agree (3.6%)
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People ?
Ranked #95 out of 119 regions surveyed. (Source: Gallup, 2013)
(77%) Not a good place
Good place (2%)
History
Homosexual activity in Ethiopia is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
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.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ethiopia is state-enforced.
Current status
State-enforced
Article 640 of the Penal Code (2004) criminalises the possession or dissemination of “grossly indecent material”, including providing information on how to procure them.
A wide range of websites is reported to be blocked in Ethiopia, including the websites of LGBTI groups and organisations.
A wide range of websites is reported to be blocked in Ethiopia, including the websites of LGBTI groups and organisations.
Right to change legal gender in Ethiopia is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Unsafe to be LGBT
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ethiopia is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Serving openly in military in Ethiopia is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Blood donations by MSMs in Ethiopia is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Ethiopia is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
LGBT people here are attacked by neighbors.
Equal age of consent in Ethiopia is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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)
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