- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- N/A
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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History
Homosexual activity in Yemen is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Current status
Since 2014
Since 2014
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Even though the Yemeni Law says that only married Muslim man can be punished with the death penalty if the man is caught having a homosexual activity. Executions can occur in the country in the time during the Yemeni Civil war by vigilante Islamist groups and controls.
Women are punished up to three years of imprisonment; where the offense has been committed under duress, the punishment is up to seven years detention.
Women are punished up to three years of imprisonment; where the offense has been committed under duress, the punishment is up to seven years detention.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Yemen is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
The government blocks access to webpages that express support of LGBT rights. This policy of censorship also extends to publications and magazines in Yemen.
Right to change legal gender in Yemen is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Under the republic of Yemen. Missing non binary options.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Yemen is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Yemen is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 29, 1994
Since Sep 29, 1994
No protections
Discrimination is legal in Yemen
LGBT employment discrimination in Yemen is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 22, 1994
Since Sep 22, 1994
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there.
LGBT housing discrimination in Yemen is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 22, 1994
Since Sep 22, 1994
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Yemen is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is Illegal in Yemen
Serving openly in military in Yemen is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is completely illegal in Yemen.
Blood donations by MSMs in Yemen is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown since homosexuality is illegal
Conversion therapy in Yemen is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion Theraphy is not banned in Yemen as Yemen is an Islamic Country and widely perform conversion therapies for LGBTQ individuals.
Equal age of consent in Yemen is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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Alternative names: Al-Yaman (local name)
