LGBT Rights in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

Gorno-Badakhshan is governed by federal Tajikistan law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Homosexual activity in Gorno-Badakhshan is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Same-sex marriage in Gorno-Badakhshan is banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Banned
Same-sex marriage is banned in Tajikistan
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Gorno-Badakhshan is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan began to register gays and lesbians who are out
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Right to change legal gender in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Right to change legal gender in Gorno-Badakhshan is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Missing non binary options on documents.
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Gender-affirming care in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Gender-affirming care in Gorno-Badakhshan is legal.

Current status
Since 2016
Legal
In 2016, Tajikistan adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gorno-Badakhshan is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary gender not recognized
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LGBT discrimination in Gorno-Badakhshan

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LGBT discrimination in Gorno-Badakhshan is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
No protection provision exist within neither the Penal code nor the Constitution
Dec 1, 1994–Sep 7, 2018
No protections
None exist.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Gorno-Badakhshan

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LGBT employment discrimination in Gorno-Badakhshan is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
Do to homophobia in the country. Only protections for gender identity and expression.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Gorno-Badakhshan

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LGBT housing discrimination in Gorno-Badakhshan is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Same-sex adoption in Gorno-Badakhshan is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
LGBT people are not allowed to adopt in Tajikistan.
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Intersex infant surgery in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Intersex infant surgery in Gorno-Badakhshan is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Serving openly in military in Gorno-Badakhshan is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
No other laws in place.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Blood donations by MSMs in Gorno-Badakhshan is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
MSMs are not allowed to donate blood in Tajikistan.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013061…//www.eidhr.eu/
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Conversion therapy in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Conversion therapy in Gorno-Badakhshan is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
It is not uncommon to be offered.
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Equal age of consent in Gorno-Badakhshan

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Equal age of consent in Gorno-Badakhshan is equal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Equal
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