- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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."
Acceptance of Homosexuality (Arab countries)
Question: "Is homosexuality an acceptable practice?"
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013)
Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"
History
Homosexual activity in Jordan is legal.
Since 1951
In 2014, for example, Jordan authorities arrested 10 gay men and women who were holding a reception at a party hall. A security official said it was to "prevent a disturbance of the peace" but did not elaborate.
Public opinion data shows that homosexuality is widely seen as unacceptable.
Same-sex marriage in Jordan is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jordan is imprisonment as punishment.
Right to change legal gender in Jordan is ambiguous.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jordan is unknown.
LGBT employment discrimination in Jordan is no protections.
Since Jan 1, 1952
LGBT housing discrimination in Jordan is no protections.
Since Jan 1, 1952
Same-sex adoption in Jordan is single only.
Serving openly in military in Jordan is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Jordan is legal.
Conversion therapy in Jordan is not banned.