- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Public Opinion
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Ranked #47 out of 119 countries surveyed. (Source: Gallup, 2013)
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
(51%) Not a good place
Good place (36%)
History
Homosexual activity in Syria is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Jun 22, 1949
Since Jun 22, 1949
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
The penal law states any "carnal intercourse against the order of nature... shall be punished with imprisonment..."
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Syria is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Syria, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Syria is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since 2004
Since 2004
Legal, but requires surgery
Transgender people are allowed to change legal gender. Sex reassignment surgery is allowed for people whose gender is unclear or whose physical features do not match their physiological, biological and genetic characteristics, first case was reported in 2004.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Syria is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT employment discrimination in Syria is no protections.
Current status
Since Apr 25, 1964
Since Apr 25, 1964
No protections
Homosexuality is Taboo.
LGBT housing discrimination in Syria is no protections.
Current status
Since Apr 25, 1964
Since Apr 25, 1964
No protections
No protections what soever.
Same-sex adoption in Syria is single only.
Current status
Single only
single option in Syrian held areas. legal in afar which is taken by turkey.
Serving openly in military in Syria is legal.
Current status
Legal
No restrictions. however no discrimination protections. Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Conversion therapy in Syria is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not Banned .
Equal age of consent in Syria is unequal.
Current status
Unequal
Homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code
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