- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- N/A
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- N/A
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Suggest Public Opinion Data
By The Numbers
98%
of people think Saudi Arabia is unsafe for LGBT people
(Human Dignity Trust, 2005)
History
Homosexual activity in Saudi Arabia is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
While Saudi Arabia has no specific law banning homosexuality, it does use Sharia law as a framework. Punishment for those who are convicted varies between flogging and imprisonment.
Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment , married men who have sex with another men could also face execution by stoning for the offense of adultery . While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging on the first offence. Second conviction merits execution.
Those who are convicted twice face an automatic execution. Under Saudi Arabian interpretation of Sharia, a Non Muslim male who engages sexual relations with a Muslim male could face the Capital Punishment , married men who have sex with another men could also face execution by stoning for the offense of adultery . While sex between Muslim men is is sentenced by Flogging on the first offence. Second conviction merits execution.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Saudi Arabia is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
In Saudi Arabia, there are laws restricting freedom of Expression . While there is not a specific law that bans freedom of expression, a prominent number of figures have been sentenced to lashings , imprisonment due to promoting LGBTQ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Saudi Arabia is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Sharia Law prohibits crossdressing.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Saudi Arabia is n/a.
Current status
N/A
A third gender isn't legally recognized.
LGBT employment discrimination in Saudi Arabia is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
No protections
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Saudi Arabia is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
No protections
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Saudi Arabia is illegal.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
Illegal
Not legal
Serving openly in military in Saudi Arabia is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Sharia law prohibits LGBTQ+ personel to serve openly in the military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Saudi Arabia is n/a.
Current status
N/A
No laws against it but its Illegal to be LGBT in this country.
Conversion therapy in Saudi Arabia is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not banned.
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