Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Public opinion polls in particular regions of Mongolia have found that homophobic beliefs persist.

Mongolia Surveys

(ReportOUT, 2022)
believe negative casual jokes about LGBTQ+ people are commonplace in everyday life
believe political discussion about LGBTQ+ rights is rare or very rare
believe offensive language about the LGBTQ+ community from political is common

History

Homosexual activity in Mongolia

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Homosexual activity in Mongolia is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 2002
Legal
From 2001,Same sex acts and realtionships are legal in Mongolia
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Until 2002
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
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Same-sex marriage in Mongolia

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Same-sex marriage in Mongolia is banned.

Current status
Since 1992
Banned
Constitutional ban since 1992.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mongolia

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mongolia is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Mongolia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Mongolia

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

Current status
Since 2009
Legal, but requires surgery
An amandment made in June 2009 to Article 20(1) of the Civil Registration Law allows transgender people to change their legal gender on birth certificates or citizen identification cards following sex reassignment surgery.
Sources:
BEING LGBT IN ASIA: MONGOLIA COUNTRY REPORT
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mongolia

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mongolia is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Nonbinary gender is not legally recognized in Mongolia
Sources:
Only a few countries in Asia
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LGBT discrimination in Mongolia

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LGBT discrimination in Mongolia is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2017
Illegal
The new criminal code outlaws discrimination against LGBT people.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Mongolia

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LGBT employment discrimination in Mongolia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under Hates Crimes.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Mongolia

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LGBT housing discrimination in Mongolia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protection.
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Same-sex adoption in Mongolia

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Same-sex adoption in Mongolia is single only.

Current status
Since Oct 7, 2017
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Mongolia

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Serving openly in military in Mongolia is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Only 22 countries allow transgender military service, Mongolia is not one of them
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Blood donations by MSMs in Mongolia

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Blood donations by MSMs in Mongolia is legal.

Current status
Legal
No restrictions.
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Conversion therapy in Mongolia

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Conversion therapy in Mongolia is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
No laws in place
Sources:
There are no laws whatsoever on it
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Equal age of consent in Mongolia

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Equal age of consent in Mongolia is equal.

Current status
Since 1992
Equal
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LGBT Rights by Province

View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Mongolia.