LGBT Rights in Sughd Region

Sughd is governed by federal Tajikistan law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Sughd

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Homosexual activity in Sughd is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Legal
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Jan 1, 1935–Sep 1, 1998
Male illegal, female legal
In 1935, article 121, which prohibited male sodomy, entered the criminal code of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. in the Tajik SSR, the term “sodomy” was replaced by “bachebazstvo”

Same-sex marriage in Sughd

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Same-sex marriage in Sughd is banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Banned
Same-sex marriage is banned in Tajikistan
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Sughd

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Sughd is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Sughd is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Missing non binary options on documents.
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Gender-affirming care in Sughd

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Gender-affirming care in Sughd is legal.

Current status
Since 2016
Legal
In 2016, Tajikistan adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sughd

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary gender not recognized
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LGBT discrimination in Sughd

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LGBT discrimination in Sughd is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
No protection provision exist within neither the Penal code nor the Constitution
Dec 1, 1994–Sep 7, 2018
No protections
None exist.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Sughd

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LGBT employment discrimination in Sughd is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
Do to homophobia in the country. Only protections for gender identity and expression.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Sughd

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LGBT housing discrimination in Sughd is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Sughd

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Same-sex adoption in Sughd is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
LGBT people are not allowed to adopt in Tajikistan.
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Intersex infant surgery in Sughd

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Intersex infant surgery in Sughd is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Sughd

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

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
No other laws in place.

Blood donations by MSMs in Sughd

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

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
MSMs are not allowed to donate blood in Tajikistan.
Sources:
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Conversion therapy in Sughd

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Conversion therapy in Sughd is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
It is not uncommon to be offered.
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Equal age of consent in Sughd

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Equal age of consent in Sughd is equal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Equal
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