- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- N/A
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Kuwait is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Same-sex marriage in Kuwait is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Kuwait is state-enforced.
LGBT cinema also censored publicly.
Right to change legal gender in Kuwait is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Kuwait is banned.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kuwait is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Kuwait is n/a.
Intersex infant surgery in Kuwait is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Kuwait is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Kuwait is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Kuwait is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Kuwait is n/a.
LGBT Rights by Governorate
View the LGBT laws in each individual governorate of Kuwait.