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- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment DiscriminationVaries by Region
- Housing DiscriminationVaries by Region
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Male illegal, female legal
Up to 3 years in prison in areas controlled by Syria. Not enforced. Legal in turkey held areas. Decriminalization pending. As well legal in Kurdistan.
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..."
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary option.
Current status
Single only
single option in Syrian held areas. legal in afar which is taken by turkey.
Current status
(since Apr 25, 1964)
(since Apr 25, 1964)
Varies by Region
Homosexuality is Taboo.
Current status
(since Apr 25, 1964)
(since Apr 25, 1964)
Varies by Region
No protections what soever.
Current status
Legal
No restrictions. however no discrimination protections. Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal. Article 491 of the criminal code
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Alternative names: Suriya (local name)
