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LGBT Rights in Pakistan

    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✔ Recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    Varies by Region
    Housing Discrimination
    Varies by Region
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A

According to recent survey data available, societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights in Pakistan is noticeable.

History

Homosexual activity in Pakistan

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Homosexual activity in Pakistan is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Oct 6, 1860
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Article 377 of the Pakistan penal code states that any "carnal intercourse against the order of nature... shall be punished with imprisonment... ". This is a British Era law and is rarely enforced. It’s mostly been used against homosexual activity between men.
Sources:
khalidzafar.com/wp-content/…
web.archive.org/web/2023010…//www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/pakistan/
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Oct 6, 1880–Sep 8, 2018
Male illegal, female legal
2 to less than 10 years in prison. Not enforced. Legal in Punjab.
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Same-sex marriage in Pakistan

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Same-sex marriage in Pakistan is not legal.

Current status
Since Oct 7, 1958
Not legal
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.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Pakistan

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Pakistan is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Pakistan is legal, surgery not required.

Current status
Since May 11, 2018
Legal, surgery not required
Transgender people in Pakistan are allowed to self-identify gender legally.
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Until May 11, 2018
Illegal
Pakistan Struck down their Transgender act declaring it un-Islamic.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Pakistan

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Pakistan is recognized.

Current status
Since May 19, 2023
Not legally recognized
Pakistan struck down its Transgender Act declaring it in-Islamic.
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Current status
Since May 11, 2018
Recognized
he country adopted the "third kind" on civil registration acts in 2018.
Discrimination at work, in schools and in public services is therefore prohibited. A local television station has even made a transgender person its anchor/presenter.
Sources:
www.lanouvellerepublique.fr
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May 11, 2018–May 19, 2023
Recognized
Transgender people in Pakistan are allowed to identify as male, female, a blend of both, or neither.
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LGBT discrimination in Pakistan

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LGBT discrimination in Pakistan is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since May 9, 2018
Illegal in some contexts
For Gender identity only.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Pakistan

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LGBT employment discrimination in Pakistan is varies by region.

Current status
Since Apr 12, 1973
Varies by Region
Gender identity only.
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Sexual orientation and gender identity

  1. Azad Kashmir
  2. Baluchistan
  3. Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  4. Gilgit-Baltistan
  5. Islamabad
  6. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  7. Sindh

LGBT housing discrimination in Pakistan

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LGBT housing discrimination in Pakistan is varies by region.

Current status
Since Apr 12, 1973
Varies by Region
Gender identity only.
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Sexual orientation and gender identity

  1. Azad Kashmir
  2. Baluchistan
  3. Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  4. Gilgit-Baltistan
  5. Islamabad
  6. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  7. Sindh

Same-sex adoption in Pakistan

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Same-sex adoption in Pakistan is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Pakistan has yet to allow same sex adoption in it’s borders
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Serving openly in military in Pakistan

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Serving openly in military in Pakistan is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
According to Wikipedia.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Pakistan

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

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Reports show MSMs are not allowed to donate blood in Pakistan
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Conversion therapy in Pakistan

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Conversion therapy in Pakistan is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
No laws outlawing this.
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Equal age of consent in Pakistan

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Equal age of consent in Pakistan is n/a.

Current status
Since Apr 12, 1973
N/A
Age of consent is not applicable because homosexuality is illegal in Pakistan.
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LGBT Rights by Province

View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Pakistan.