- Homosexuality
- ⚢Ambiguous
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in An Najaf is ambiguous.
Since Jul 19, 1969
Since 1969
Same-sex marriage in An Najaf is unrecognized.
Since Jan 1, 2003
Censorship of LGBT Issues in An Najaf is imprisonment as punishment.
In August 2023, Iraq banned all media from using term "homosexuality", saying they must use "sexual deviance." The term "gender" was also banned.
Right to change legal gender in An Najaf is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Since Oct 29, 2018
Until Oct 29, 2018
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in An Najaf is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in An Najaf is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in An Najaf is no protections.
According to the United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, "[Iraq] law prohibits discrimination based on race, disability, or social status, but it does not address the problem of sexual orientation or gender identity. Societal discrimination in employment, occupation, and housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and unconventional appearance was common."
LGBT housing discrimination in An Najaf is no protections.
According to the United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, "[Iraq] law prohibits discrimination based on race, disability, or social status, but it does not address the problem of sexual orientation or gender identity. Societal discrimination in employment, occupation, and housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and unconventional appearance was common."
Same-sex adoption in An Najaf is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in An Najaf is banned (1-year deferral).
Conversion therapy in An Najaf is not banned.