Şəki is governed by federal Azerbaijan law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Ambiguous
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Public Opinion
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Şəki is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Azerbaijan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Gender-affirming care in Şəki is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Şəki is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
A Third gender is not legally recognized in Azerbaijan.
LGBT discrimination in Şəki is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Only "protection" is the end of anti-sodomy laws (only in effort to join Council of Europe). Otherwise, LGBT people have no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Şəki is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Excerpt: "Gay and lesbians can be thus unfairly dismissed from their jobs, and homophobia is common."
LGBT housing discrimination in Şəki is no protections.
Current status
Since Dec 28, 1999
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Şəki is illegal.
Current status
Since Dec 28, 1999
Illegal
According to a study by the Council of Europe or the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, same-sex couples cannot adopt since Article 120 of the Family Code (1999) states that joint adoption is only allowed for married couples. The report suggests that in principle, there aren't any legal restrictions around adopting as an individual — gay or straight — however, all individuals are usually denied the right to adopt.
Intersex infant surgery in Şəki is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Azerbaijan.
Serving openly in military in Şəki is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Unknown laws.
Conversion therapy in Şəki is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Nowhere in the country
Equal age of consent in Şəki is equal.
Current status
Equal
The age of consent in Azerbaijan is 16 for both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.
Legal Rights
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