Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Male illegal, female legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
    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
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    Female equal, male N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Uzbekistan

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Homosexual activity in Uzbekistan is male illegal, female legal.

Current status
Since Sep 22, 1994
Male illegal, female legal
Article 120 states male homosexuality is punishable by 3 years in prison. Female homosexuality is not illegal, but lesbians still face heavy social persecution.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2017011…//www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/1712/file/a45cbf3cc66c17f04420786aa164.htm/preview
database.ilga.org/uzbekistan-lgbti
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Same-sex marriage in Uzbekistan

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Same-sex marriage in Uzbekistan is banned.

Current status
Since Sep 22, 1994
Banned
As homosexuality is illegal, same sex union is also illegal by default.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
legislationline.org/downloa…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Uzbekistan

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Uzbekistan is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
banned not allowed
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
no sources
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Right to change legal gender in Uzbekistan

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Right to change legal gender in Uzbekistan is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
The Family Code states that "correction of civil status records when changing gender is allowed only upon the conclusion of the health authorities".
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/api/downl…
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Apr 5, 1972–Sep 1, 1998
Legal, but requires surgery
Under Soviet law, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the regulations were not changed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala…
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Until Apr 5, 1972
Illegal
Legal gender change is impossible
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala…
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Gender-Affirming Care in Uzbekistan

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Gender-Affirming Care in Uzbekistan is legal.

Current status
Since 2004
Legal
In 2004, Uzbekistan adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Restricted for minors
In 1983, transsexualism began to be professionally diagnosed in the Soviet Union, which allowed the prescription of hormone therapy.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Restricted
In 1926, the Soviet Union's Ministry of Internal Affairs legalized sex reassignment surgery
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Uzbekistan

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
According to the ILGA's Trans Legal Mapping Report, no non-binary options are available.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 108)
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LGBT discrimination in Uzbekistan

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LGBT discrimination in Uzbekistan is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 8, 1992
No protections
The anti-discrimination provision in the constitution does not even mention "and all other reasons", allowing discrimination based on sexual orientations and gender identities altogether.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gov.uz/en/constitution/#a1836
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Dec 8, 1992–Jan 6, 1993
No protections
Discrimination is systemic. As well homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
globalgayz.com/gay-uzbekist…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Uzbekistan

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LGBT employment discrimination in Uzbekistan is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 8, 1992
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Uzbekistan

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LGBT housing discrimination in Uzbekistan is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 8, 1992
No protections
Unknown...
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
no sources
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Same-sex adoption in Uzbekistan

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Same-sex adoption in Uzbekistan is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor…
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Intersex infant surgery in Uzbekistan

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Intersex infant surgery in Uzbekistan is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Uzbekistan

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Serving openly in military in Uzbekistan is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No discrimination protection. As well homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Uzbekistan

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Blood donations by MSMs in Uzbekistan is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
not allowed
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
redcrescent.uz/newse5.html
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Conversion therapy in Uzbekistan

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Conversion therapy in Uzbekistan is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Uzbekistan.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 328)
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Equal age of consent in Uzbekistan

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Equal age of consent in Uzbekistan is female equal, male n/a.

Current status
Female equal, male N/A
Age of consent is 16 however male anal sex is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ageofconsent.net/world/uzbekistan
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