- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- 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
Public opinion in Jordan has shown a widespread rejection of LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting a critical situation for LGBTQ+ individuals.
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 legal, but requires surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jordan is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Jordan is no protections.
Since Jan 1, 1952
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.
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