- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Female equal, male N/A
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Homosexual activity in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is male illegal, female legal.
Same-sex marriage in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is banned.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is state-enforced.
However, there's still censorship of LGBT issues under Article 21 of the Press and Publications Law (Law No. 3) (2006), which prohibits the publication of anything that would insult public morals.
This law was extended to include online publications under the Law Regulating Electronic Media (Law No. 8) (2016).
In August 2023, Kuwait and Lebanon banned the 'Barbie' movie, claiming it "promoted homosexuality."
LGBT cinema also censored publicly.
Right to change legal gender in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is illegal.
Gender-Affirming Care in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is legal.
Conversion therapy in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Al Kuwayt (Al ‘Āşimah) is female equal, male n/a.
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