- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- N/A
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Suggest Public Opinion Data
History
Homosexual activity in Kuwait is male illegal, female legal.
Current status
Since Jun 2, 1960
Since Jun 2, 1960
Male illegal, female legal
fine and up to 6 years in prison. Not enforced. Decimalization pending.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kuwait is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
Mass arrests , people could be sent to deportation or imprisonment under public morality or Islamic Laws.
LGBT cinema also censored publicly.
LGBT cinema also censored publicly.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kuwait is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
In Kuwait, it is not possible to legally change one’s gender.
LGBT discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
Current status
Since Jun 2, 1960
Since Jun 2, 1960
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there. Homosexuality is currently illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
Current status
Since Jun 2, 1960
Since Jun 2, 1960
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
Current status
Since Jun 2, 1960
Since Jun 2, 1960
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Kuwait is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Blood donations by MSMs in Kuwait is legal.
Current status
Legal
No deferral.
Conversion therapy in Kuwait is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Kuwait.
Equal age of consent in Kuwait is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.