- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Asyut is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
There were also reports of police officers assaulting LGBTQIA people and "forcibly soliciting bribes to avoid arrest, and forcing them to provide information concerning other LGBTQI+ individuals.".
Furthermore, there are several reports of police using dating apps like Grindr or Tinder to lure LGB people into arrest on charges of debauchery or prostitution.
Same-sex marriage in Asyut is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Asyut is imprisonment as punishment.
The Penal Code of 1937 contains Article 178 of Law No. 58 which punishes anyone who trades or distributes material that are deemed "in violation of public morals" with imprisonment. This has been consistently used against LGBTIQ+ people especially since 2013.
Right to change legal gender in Asyut is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Asyut is banned.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Asyut is not legally recognized.
Any gender beyond the binary cisgender model is officially treated as an illness.
LGBT discrimination in Asyut is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Asyut is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Asyut is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Asyut is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Asyut is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Asyut is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Asyut is legal.
Conversion therapy in Asyut is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Asyut is n/a.