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LGBT Rights in Khabarovskiy kray administrative territory

Khabarovskiy kray is governed by federal Russia law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✖ Fine as punishment
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    Varies by Region
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    Varies by Region

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History

Homosexual activity in Khabarovskiy kray

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Homosexual activity in Khabarovskiy kray is legal.

Current status
Since 1993
Legal
Homosexuality became legal in Russia in 1993. Now at the moment homosexuality is legal except 1 region-Chechnya (in practice) but Chechnya is independent

Other mods keep abusing this if its not Legal in all of Russia that means it's not fully legal.
Current status
Since 1993
Legal
Varies by Region people keep absuing this with no source
Sources:
www.lemonde.fr
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Until 1993
Varies by Region
Although legal in most of Russia, in Chechnya there is a de facto criminalization of homosexuality and attacks against homosexuals are constantly ignored by the police.
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Same-sex marriage in Khabarovskiy kray

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Same-sex marriage in Khabarovskiy kray is not legal.

Current status
Since Dec 29, 1995
Not legal
The federal laws of Russia do not allow for same sex unions of any kind, and the Russian constitution defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Khabarovskiy kray

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Khabarovskiy kray is fine as punishment.

Current status
Since Nov 24, 2022
Fine as punishment
“Russia's parliament approved on Thursday a bill that widens a prohibition of "LGBT propaganda" and restricts the "demonstration" of LGBT behaviour, making any expression of an LGBT lifestyle almost impossible.”

“Under the new law, which still needs the approval of the upper house of parliament and President Vladimir Putin, any action or information that is considered an attempt to promote homosexuality - whether in public, online, or in films, books or advertising - could incur a heavy fine.”
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Jun 11, 2013–Nov 2022
Fine as punishment
In 2013, Russia introduced a law known as "for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating for a Denial of Traditional Family Values" (known worldwide as the "gay propaganda law") which prohibits the promotion of homosexual topics. According to the Russian government, this law is aimed to "protect" children from being exposed to homosexuality, since it goes against "traditional family values." Foreigners who break this law can be arrested and detained for up to 15 days (or fined up to 5,000 rubles) and then deported.
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Right to change legal gender in Khabarovskiy kray

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Right to change legal gender in Khabarovskiy kray is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 19, 2023
Illegal
The upper house of Russia’s parliament unanimously approved a bill outlawing gender-affirming care and legal gender change. It also annuls marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bars transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents.
Sources:
www.pressenterprise.com/2023/07/19/the-upper-house-of-russian-parliament-approves-a-ban-on-gender-changes/
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May 31, 2023–Jun 17, 2023
Ambiguous
A bill to make gender change illegal was proposed, and it will probably pass.
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Jan 19, 2018–May 30, 2023
Legal, surgery not required
Under the 2018 revision by the Ministry of Health, a medical commision can issue a certificate of gender change without the need for surgery or hormone replacement therapy.
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Nov 15, 19972018
Legal, but requires surgery
Transgender people are able to change their gender on identification documents after being issued a document from a health institution confirming the surgical requirements.
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Apr 5, 1972–Nov 5, 1997
Legal, but requires surgery
after the sex reassignment surgery that took place in September 17, 1970, a transgender man changed his legal gender and name.
Six months after change legal gender, he became a husband.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Khabarovskiy kray

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
There's no third gender recognition.
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LGBT discrimination in Khabarovskiy kray

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LGBT discrimination in Khabarovskiy kray is no protections.

Current status
Since 1993
No protections
no protections against discrimination
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LGBT employment discrimination in Khabarovskiy kray

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LGBT employment discrimination in Khabarovskiy kray is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Article 3 of the Labour Code prohibits employment discrimination but does not explicitly mention sexual
orientation or gender identity. Several prominent people including a TV news anchor have been fired for coming out, although some people have successfully challenged discriminatory dismissal.

LGBT housing discrimination in Khabarovskiy kray

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LGBT housing discrimination in Khabarovskiy kray is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 29, 2013
No protections
Discrimination against all social groups is prohibited, but homosexuality is not explicitly mentioned.
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Same-sex adoption in Khabarovskiy kray

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Same-sex adoption in Khabarovskiy kray is single only.

Current status
Since Jul 24, 2023
Single only
Single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but banned for transgender people.
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Jul 2, 2013–Jul 19, 2023
Single only
Adoption is being regulated by the Civil Procedure Code of Russia (Chapter 29); Family Code of Russia (Chapter 19); Federal Law On Acts of Civil Status (Chapter V). None of these documents contain any direct restriction or ban for homosexual people to ado
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Until Jul 2, 2013
Illegal
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Wednesday banning the adoption of children by same-sex couples, as part of an increasingly conservative agenda the Kremlin is pursuing since his return to power.
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Serving openly in military in Khabarovskiy kray

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Serving openly in military in Khabarovskiy kray is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2003
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Open homosexuals still cannot serve in the military. Don't ask don't tell
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Blood donations by MSMs in Khabarovskiy kray

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Blood donations by MSMs in Khabarovskiy kray is varies by region.

Current status
Since Apr 16, 2008
Varies by Region
In 2008, Russia repealed its ban against gay people donating blood. The law was signed in effect on April 16, 2008 by Tatyana Golikova, the minister of Russia's Health and Social Development department. However due to chechnyas policy of making homosexuality illegal homosexuals cannot donate blood in Chechnya.
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Sep 14, 2001–Apr 16, 2008
Banned (indefinite deferral)
On September 14, 2001, the Russian Ministry of Health announced that men who have sex with men would be considered part of the "HIV high-risk groups," along with prostitutes and drug addicts.
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Apr 16, 2008–-0001
Legal
In 2008, Russia repealed its ban against gay people donating blood. The law was signed in effect on April 16, 2008 by Tatyana Golikova, the minister of Russia's Health and Social Development department.
Sources:
gayrussia.eu/m/en/campaigns/1273/
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Conversion therapy in Khabarovskiy kray

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Conversion therapy in Khabarovskiy kray is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not condemned. As well their is still the attitude that homosexuality is a disease.
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Equal age of consent in Khabarovskiy kray

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Equal age of consent in Khabarovskiy kray is varies by region.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1997
Varies by Region
The age of consent in Russia is 16 even for Same-sex couples however there's no age of consent in Chechnya because it is illegal.
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