- 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
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Hawalli is male illegal, female legal.
Same-sex marriage in Hawalli is banned.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Hawalli 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 Hawalli is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Hawalli is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Hawalli is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Hawalli is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Hawalli is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Hawalli is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Hawalli is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Hawalli is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Hawalli is legal.
Conversion therapy in Hawalli is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Hawalli is female equal, male n/a.