Entry #3328: Conversion therapy in Kazakhstan

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Region	Kazakhstan
Issue	Conversion therapy
Status	Not banned
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	No laws are in place against conversion therapy.
Sources	https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/V1500010858#z6

Revision History (27)

Feb 17, 2025

edited by jadeywadey. fixed start date

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Start Date	Aug 25, 1991	(unknown)

Nov 20, 2023

edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit

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Description	No laws are in place against conversion therapy. However.	No laws are in place against conversion therapy.

Nov 20, 2023

edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit

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	Old Value	New Value
Start Date	(unknown)	Aug 25, 1991
End Date	Aug 25, 1991	(none)

Nov 20, 2023

edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	Ambiguous	Not banned
Description	No laws are in place against conversion therapy. However, homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.	No laws are in place against conversion therapy. However.
Description	Show Difference No laws are in place against conversion therapy. However, homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. However.

Oct 29, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. It's completely up to anyone's interpretation. And so, in order to avoid edit wars in the future, I highly recommend to make the field inactive

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	Ambiguous
Start Date	Jan 1, 1991	(unknown)
End Date	(none)	Aug 25, 1991

Reports (1)
All information is correct, just adding sources "It’s still legal"
Nov 13, 2023

Oct 27, 2023

edited by Notdog1996. It is not ambiguous. Either conversion therapy is banned or it is not, which in this case it isn't.

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	Ambiguous	Not banned
Description	No laws in place. However, since homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a person may officially reject a conversion therapy being performed on them	No laws are in place against conversion therapy. However, homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Description	Show Difference No laws in place. However, since homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a person may officially reject a conversion therapy being performed on them are in place against conversion therapy. However, homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Oct 26, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. Someone changed it to an incorrect status

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	Ambiguous

Oct 26, 2023

edited by Notdog1996. Not banned.

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	Old Value	New Value

Oct 26, 2023

edited by Notdog1996. Not banned.

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	N/A	Not banned

Oct 25, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. Homosexuality is not an illness in the Republic of Kazakhstan

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	N/A
Description	No laws in place	No laws in place. However, since homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a person may officially reject a conversion therapy being performed on them
Description	Show Difference No laws in place place. However, since homosexuality is not viewed as a mental illness by the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a person may officially reject a conversion therapy being performed on them
Sources	There are no laws whatsoever on it.	https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/V1500010858#z6

Aug 28, 2023

edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit

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	Old Value	New Value
Start Date	(unknown)	Jan 1, 1991
End Date	Nov 30, -0001	(none)

Aug 28, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. No laws in place

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	Old Value	New Value
Start Date	Dec 25, 1991	(unknown)
End Date	(none)	Nov 30, -0001

Jul 23, 2023

edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	Ambiguous	Not banned

Jul 23, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. Incorrect status

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	Ambiguous
Description	Conversion therapy has not been banned in Kazakhstan.	No laws in place

Jul 21, 2023

edited by Gor154. Conversion therapy isn’t “ambiguous” if it hasn’t been formally integrated into the medical system . “Not banned” is a much more accurate description

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	Ambiguous	Not banned
Description	It is neither banned nor legalized	Conversion therapy has not been banned in Kazakhstan.
Sources	No laws in place	There are no laws whatsoever on it.

Jul 11, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. Source

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Sources	I am a citizen of Kazakhstan	No laws in place

Jul 8, 2023

edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added

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Special Status	N/A	Ambiguous

Jun 28, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. Incorrect status

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	Old Value	New Value
Special Status	Ambiguous	N/A

Mar 21, 2023

edited by cihalcoc. It is ambiguous

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	Ambiguous
Start Date	Dec 27, 2017	Dec 25, 1991
Description	Only in a few countries in Asia.	It is neither banned nor legalized
Sources		I am a citizen of Kazakhstan

Reports (1)
Status is not correct 
Apr 15, 2023

Sep 16, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	Ambiguous	Not banned
Description	Unknown.	Only in a few countries in Asia.
Sources	No

Sep 7, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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Description	No known	Unknown.

Aug 17, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	Ambiguous

Mar 11, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	Ambiguous	Not banned

Dec 27, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	Ambiguous
Start Date	Sep 18, 2014	Dec 27, 2017
Description	No	No known

Jan 30, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Not banned
Special Status	Ambiguous	Not banned
Start Date	(unknown)	Sep 18, 2014

Dec 16, 2016

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	Not banned	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Not banned	Ambiguous

Aug 3, 2016

created by Ausyk

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	Original entry
Status	Not banned
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	No
Sources	No