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  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Male illegal, female legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned

History

Homosexual activity in Sharjah

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Current status
Male illegal, female legal
1-14 years in prison. Not enforced.
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No
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Same-sex marriage in Sharjah

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Current status
Unrecognized
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Sharjah

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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Sharjah

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Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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LGBT discrimination in Sharjah

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Current status
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Sharjah

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Current status
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Sharjah

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Current status
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Sharjah

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Sharjah

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Current status
Equal
Set age of Consent.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Sharjah

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Sharjah

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Current status
Not banned
No information.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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