- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
In Azerbaijan, public opinion suggests an alarming lack of acceptance for LGBTQ+ rights, raising serious questions about safety and inclusion.
History
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Azerbaijan is no censorship.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Azerbaijan is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Azerbaijan is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Azerbaijan is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Azerbaijan is no protections.
Since Dec 28, 1999
Same-sex adoption in Azerbaijan is illegal.
Since Dec 28, 1999
Serving openly in military in Azerbaijan is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Azerbaijan is legal.
Conversion therapy in Azerbaijan is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Azerbaijan is equal.
LGBT Rights by District
View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Azerbaijan.
- Abseron
- Agcabädi
- Agdam
- Agdas
- Agstafa
- Agsu
- Astara
- Babäk
- Balakän
- Beyläqan
- Biläsuvar
- Bärdä
- Culfa
- Cäbrayil
- Cälilabab
- Daskäsän
- Füzuli
- Goranboy
- Gädäbäy
- Göygöl
- Göyçay
- Haciqabul
- Imisli
- Ismayilli
- Kälbäcär
- Kürdämir
- Kǝngǝrli
- Laçin
- Lerik
- Länkäran
- Masalli
- Neftçala
- Oguz
- Ordubad
- Qax
- Qazax
- Qobustan
- Quba
- Qubadli
- Qusar
- Qäbälä
- Saatli
- Sabirabad
- Sahbuz
- Salyan
- Samaxi
- Samux
- Siyäzän
- Susa
- Sädäräk
- Säki
- Sämkir
- Särur
- Tovuz
- Tärtär
- Ucar
- Xaçmaz
- Xizi
- Xocali
- Xocavänd
- Yardimli
- Yevlax
- Zaqatala
- Zängilan
- Zärdab
- Şabran
- Baki (municipality)
- Gəncə (municipality)
- Lənkəran (municipality)
- Mingəçevir (municipality)
- Naftalan (municipality)
- Naxçıvan (municipality)
- Sumqayıt (municipality)
- Xankəndi (municipality)
- Yevlax City (municipality)
- Şirvan (municipality)
- Şəki (municipality)
- Naxçivan (autonomous republic)