- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing DiscriminationAmbiguous
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Age of ConsentN/A
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
History
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
74 lashes for immature men and death penalty for mature men. 50 lashes for women. as well as life in prison. forth conviction is death penalty.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1900)
(since Jan 1, 1900)
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
The punishment for homosexuality is currently death for men. (Unless if there is sex between a mature person and a minor; in which can the mature person will be killed while minor will receive up to 74 lashes. Same case applies for 2 minors.) For women, the punishment is up to 100 lashes. Women with a certain number of repeat offenses can become subject to the death penalty as well.
Current status
(since Oct 24, 1979)
(since Oct 24, 1979)
No protections
Formally, Iranian government believes every citizen to be heterosexual, stripping protection for LGBTQ+ community.
Current status
(since Oct 24, 1979)
(since Oct 24, 1979)
No protections
No
Current status
(since Oct 24, 1979)
(since Oct 24, 1979)
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Current status
Legal
No laws criminalizing lgbt from joining and they are not kicked out of military.
Current status
(since 1979)
(since 1979)
N/A
Homosexual sex is illegal. Also, sexual activity outside of marriage is illegal.
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