- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Public Opinion
Public opinion polls in particular regions of United Arab Emirates have found that homophobic beliefs persist.
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(The ILGA-RIWI, 2016)
History
Homosexual activity in United Arab Emirates is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
LGBT activities are illegal in the UAE. Punishments (under sharia law) include death, life in prison, floggings, fines, deportation, chemical castration, forced psychological treatments, honor killings, beatings, forced anal examinations, forced hormone injections, and torture.
Male illegal, female uncertain
Article 354 of the Federal Penal Code could be Imprisonment,fines, floggings,and deportation for foreigners
In Abu Dhabi Article 80 of the Penal Code punishable by imprisonment of up to 14 years. In Dubai Article 177 of the Penal Code imposes imprisonment of up to 10 years . Not enforced .If you a travelers or foreigner you will be in jail followed by deportation or directed deportation
In Abu Dhabi Article 80 of the Penal Code punishable by imprisonment of up to 14 years. In Dubai Article 177 of the Penal Code imposes imprisonment of up to 10 years . Not enforced .If you a travelers or foreigner you will be in jail followed by deportation or directed deportation
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
There are no known instances of imposition of the death penalty, or sentences to life in prison, according to the US Department of State, Amnesty and the ILGA. Prison sentences, fines, floggings, and deportation for foreign nationals, are known to have been consequences of suspected or established same-sex sexual conduct.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in United Arab Emirates is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
In United Arab Emirates access to many websites discussing LGBTQ+ topics is blocked by ISPs.
Right to change legal gender in United Arab Emirates is illegal.
Current status
Since Sep 6, 2019
Illegal
There is no longer a right to change one’s legal gender.
Legal, but requires surgery
In 2016, the UAE amended its federal medical liability law to permit sex reassignment surgery, but only in certain circumstances. The law specifies that these procedures should only be permitted for intersex individuals and not for purely psychiatric ones.
The law also states that surgeons who operate on people who don't fit the requirements set forth by the same statute would be held criminally liable.
The law also states that surgeons who operate on people who don't fit the requirements set forth by the same statute would be held criminally liable.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in United Arab Emirates is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
"Cross Dressing" is illegal in the UAE. Transgenderism is banned. Non-binary genders are not recognized.
Same-sex adoption in United Arab Emirates is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Adoption for same-sex couples or single LGBT people is banned in the country due to anti-LGBT hate laws.
Serving openly in military in United Arab Emirates is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
If one says they are homosexual it is punishable by death penalty.
Blood donations by MSMs in United Arab Emirates is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
It is illegal to be gay in the UAE
Equal age of consent in United Arab Emirates is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Age of consent is not applicable because homosexuality is illegal in the United Arab Emirates.
LGBT Rights by Emirate
View the LGBT laws in each individual emirate of United Arab Emirates.
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Alternative names: Al-Imarat al-´Arabiya al-Muttahida (local name)
