- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Parental approval required
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Astana is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Astana is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Astana is state-enforced.
In January 2024, an LGBTQ-education website for teenagers, SelfTanu.kz, was blocked by Kazakhstan's Culture and Information Ministry, which citied safeguarding children's rights and respecting Kazakhstan's societal norms and traditions as reasons for the ban.
Right to change legal gender in Astana is legal, but requires surgery.
Gender-affirming care in Astana is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Astana is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Astana is illegal.
As an example, in 2019 the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan ordered a compensation for illegally uploading a photo of two women kissing on Facebook without their consent
Also in 2019, the government of Kazakhstan adopted a recommendation to ensure the freedom of human rights advocacy for the LGBTI groups
Date shown is the date the Constitution of Kazakhstan was accepted. Article 14 has been included ever since
LGBT employment discrimination in Astana is sexual orientation and gender identity.
The official list of mental illnesses of the Republic of Kazakhstan does not include either sexuality or gender identity. And therefore, since a person does not have any reason to be considered incompetent, they have the right to be employed (Article 24 of the Constitution)
The Health Code of Kazakhstan does not recognize any sexual orientation to be a mental disorder either, while the Labor Code bans any discrimination (Article 5) when it comes to employment, retirement, wage distribution, etc. Transgender people are guaranteed the same rights under the Health Code. While a person's gender is included explicitly, sexuality isn't, however it falls under the "other circumstances" category, as a person is competent to be employed
LGBT housing discrimination in Astana is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Astana is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Astana is parental approval required.
Serving openly in military in Astana is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Astana is legal.
Conversion therapy in Astana is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Astana is equal.