- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Unregistered cohabitation
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Age of Consent✖ Unequal
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
Public Opinion
"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?"
Pakistan ranks #30 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 4, 2013)
(87%) No
Yes (2%)
History
Male illegal, female legal
2 to less than 10 years in prison. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. Legal in Punjab.
Current status
(since Oct 6, 1860)
(since Oct 6, 1860)
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Article 377 states any "carnal intercourse against the order of nature... shall be punished with imprisonment...
Current status
(since Oct 7, 1958)
(since Oct 7, 1958)
Unregistered cohabitation
Technically, there are no law that prohibits cohabitation or marriage of a same-sex couple. However, if they are convicted of sodomy, the party face penalties according to the penal law.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2017)
(since Jan 1, 2017)
Legal, surgery not required
Third gender recognized.
Current status
Legal
As well full discrimination protections in all employment.
Current status
(since Apr 12, 1973)
(since Apr 12, 1973)
Unequal
Age of marrying for men is 18 and age of marrying for women is 16. No explicit age of consent for sexual activity is set. However, homosexuality is illegal.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Pakistan.
- Gilgit-Baltistan (Administered Area)
- Islamabad (Federal Capital Territory)
- Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Administered Area)
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Territory)
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