- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- 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
- ✔ Equal
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History
Homosexual activity in Tajikistan is legal.
Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Since Sep 1, 1998
Legal
Same-sex marriage in Tajikistan is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Since Jan 1, 2008
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Tajikistan is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Tajikistan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Tajikistan is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options on documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Tajikistan is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT employment discrimination in Tajikistan is no protections.
Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
Do to homophobia in the country. Only protections for gender identity and expression.
LGBT housing discrimination in Tajikistan is no protections.
Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Tajikistan is single only.
Current status
Single only
No other laws in place.
Homosexuals serving openly in military in Tajikistan is legal.
Current status
Legal
Blood donations by MSMs in Tajikistan is legal.
Current status
Legal
Conversion therapy in Tajikistan is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
It is not uncommon to be offered.
Equal age of consent in Tajikistan is equal.
Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Since Sep 1, 1998
Equal
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Tajikistan.
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- Sughd
- Gorno-Badakhshan (Autonomous Region)
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Alternative names: Toçikiston (local name)
