Gəncə 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
- ✔ 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
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Gəncə 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 Gəncə is legal.
Current status
Since 2001
Legal
In 2001, Azerbaijan adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Restricted for minors
In 1983, transsexualism began to be professionally diagnosed in the Soviet Union, which allowed the prescription of hormone therapy.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gəncə is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
A Third gender is not legally recognized in Azerbaijan.
LGBT discrimination in Gəncə 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 Gəncə 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 Gəncə is no protections.
Current status
Since Dec 28, 1999
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Gəncə 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.
Serving openly in military in Gəncə is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Unknown laws.
Conversion therapy in Gəncə is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Nowhere in the country
Equal age of consent in Gəncə is equal.
Current status
Equal
The age of consent in Azerbaijan is 16 for both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.