- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- 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
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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History
Homosexual activity in Dubai is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Homosexuality is punishable by death in this region.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Dubai is state-enforced.
Current status
State-enforced
Right to change legal gender in Dubai is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Dubai is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Dubai is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination in Dubai is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Dubai is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Dubai is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Dubai is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Dubai is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Blood donations In Dubai for MSM is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Dubai is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
No information.
Equal age of consent in Dubai is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal.
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