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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- 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
- ✖ Single only
- 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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Homosexual activity in Ararat is legal.
Current status
Since Apr 18, 2003
Legal
Homosexual activity is not illegal in Armenia.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Ararat is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Armenia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ararat is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There are no laws to change one’s gender in place.
LGBT discrimination in Ararat is no protections.
Current status
Since Jul 5, 1995
No protections
The constitution does not prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
LGBT employment discrimination in Ararat is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There is no regulation that prohibits employment discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination in Ararat is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There is no regulation that prohibits housing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
Same-sex adoption in Ararat is single only.
Current status
Single only
Single person is allowed to adopt. There is nothing mentioned about LGBT individuals in the laws regulating adoption
Intersex infant surgery in Ararat is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Armenia.
Serving openly in military in Ararat is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ararat is legal.
Current status
Legal
Blood donations is legal.
Conversion therapy in Ararat is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no laws in place banning conversion therapy.
Equal age of consent in Ararat is equal.
Current status
Equal
The age of consent is the same for homosexual couples and heterosexual couples. It is set at age 16.
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