The laws displayed for Ar Riyāḑ are the same as Saudi Arabia.
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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History
Homosexual activity in Ar Riyāḑ is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Homosexuality is punishable by the death penalty.
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Homosexuality is illegal
Same-sex marriage in Ar Riyāḑ is not legal.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
Not legal
Because Homosexuality is unfortunately illegal in Saudi Arabia, same sex marriage is automatically illegal because of this
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ar Riyāḑ 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 Ar Riyāḑ is illegal.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
Illegal
Sharia Law forbids crossdressing.
Illegal
Sharia Law prohibits crossdressing.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ar Riyāḑ is not legally recognized.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
Not legally recognized
Third gender is not available as crossdressing is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Ar Riyāḑ is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
No protections
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Ar Riyāḑ is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
No protections
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Ar Riyāḑ is illegal.
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
Illegal
Not legal
Serving openly in military in Ar Riyāḑ is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Sharia law prohibits LGBTQ+ personel to serve openly in the military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ar Riyāḑ is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Since Sep 23, 1932
Since Sep 23, 1932
Banned (indefinite deferral)
MSMs are not allowed to donate blood.
Banned (indefinite deferral)
No laws against it but its Illegal to be LGBT in this country.
Conversion therapy in Ar Riyāḑ is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not banned.
Equality Index ?
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Alternative names: ar-Riyad, ar-Riyād̨, Riad, Riyadh, Riad