Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✖ Restricted
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    N/A
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    N/A
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Transnistria

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Homosexual activity in Transnistria is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 1, 2002
Legal
Consensual same-sex sexual activity is legal in Transnistria, despite many foreign sources saying that it is illegal. Article 131 of the Criminal Code of Transnistria that came into force in June 2002, states that committing sodomy, lesbianism and sexual intercourse with a person under the age of sixteen is illegal. However, the article does not state that committing 'sodomy and lesbianism' above 16 is illegal. All the other articles related to sex crimes, such as sexual assault and coercion to perform sexual acts, have listed '(heterosexual) sexual intercourse, sodomy and lesbianism' in the same category. There are no other articles in the Criminal Code of Transnistria that have laws that are separated in penalizing same-sex sexual activity, or committing 'sodomy and lesbianism.'
Details
Sources:
refworld.org/reference/annu…
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Same-sex marriage in Transnistria

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Same-sex marriage in Transnistria is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Sex-same marriage is unrecognized
Details
Sources:
www.euronews.com
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Transnistria

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Transnistria is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Since Feb 12, 2024
Imprisonment as punishment
Any public expression of support or sympathy for members of the LGBT community could be punishable by fines, arrest, or even imprisonment. A bill banning “propaganda of homosexuality” was submitted to the TMR’s “Supreme Council” on February 12, 2024. Its authors claim that the purpose of the law is to protect “traditional family values” and “the moral health of the nation. Absurdly, they even dared to claim that the law does not violate human rights but only regulates the field of education and information.
Details
Sources:
lgbti-consortium.org.ua/en/…
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Right to change legal gender in Transnistria

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Right to change legal gender in Transnistria is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since 2001
Legal, but requires surgery
Legal since 2001
Details
Sources:
www.euronews.com
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Gender-affirming care in Transnistria

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Gender-affirming care in Transnistria is restricted.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2001
Restricted
In many parts of the former Soviet Union, the rights of transgender people are often restricted, and specific medical care for gender transition can be very difficult to obtain as in Transnistria where gender change to civil status has been legal since 2001, but where care affirming the gender of transgender people is limited.
Details
Sources:
new-east-archive.org/featur…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Transnistria

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Transnistria is n/a.

Current status
N/A
N/A in Transnistria
Details
Sources:
www.strasbourg-europe.eu
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LGBT discrimination in Transnistria

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LGBT discrimination in Transnistria is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections for LGBT+ in Transnistria
Details
Sources:
www.strasbourg-europe.eu
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LGBT employment discrimination in Transnistria

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LGBT employment discrimination in Transnistria is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections for LGBT+ in Transnistria
Details
Sources:
www.strasbourg-europe.eu
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LGBT housing discrimination in Transnistria

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LGBT housing discrimination in Transnistria is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections for LGBT+ in Transnistria
Details
Sources:
www.strasbourg-europe.eu
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Same-sex adoption in Transnistria

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Same-sex adoption in Transnistria is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Illegal for homosexual
Details
Sources:
www.strasbourg-europe.eu
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Intersex infant surgery in Transnistria

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Intersex infant surgery in Transnistria is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Transnistria

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Serving openly in military in Transnistria is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Ambigous in Transnistria
Details
Sources:
www.euronews.com
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Blood donations by MSMs in Transnistria

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Blood donations by MSMs in Transnistria is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Homosexual banned for donating blood
Details
Sources:
www.strasbourg-europe.eu
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Conversion therapy in Transnistria

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Conversion therapy in Transnistria is n/a.

Current status
N/A
N/A in Transnistria
Details
Sources:
www.strasbourg-europe.eu
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Equal age of consent in Transnistria

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Equal age of consent in Transnistria is equal.

Current status
Since 2002
Equal
Equal since 2002
Details
Sources:
www.euronews.com
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Equality Index ?
38 / 100
Legal Rights
38 / 100
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