- 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
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Parental approval required
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Atyrau oblysy is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Atyrau oblysy is state-enforced.
Also, in 2022 the government of Kazakhstan banned the Animated "Buzz Lightyear" movie due to a scene where two female characters shared a kiss
Right to change legal gender in Atyrau oblysy is legal, but requires surgery.
Gender-affirming care in Atyrau oblysy is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Atyrau oblysy is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Atyrau oblysy is no protections.
According to the Constitution, any kind of discrimination is illegal as long as a person is considered a competent citizen. (Article 14 of the Constitution). And a non-cishet person may not be considered one, since neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is considered a mental illness by the Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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.
LGBT employment discrimination in Atyrau oblysy is no protections.
According to the Constitution, any kind of discrimination is illegal, even though neither sexuality nor gender identity is included explicitly.
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 Atyrau oblysy is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Atyrau oblysy is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Atyrau oblysy is parental approval required.
Serving openly in military in Atyrau oblysy is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Atyrau oblysy is legal.
Conversion therapy in Atyrau oblysy is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Atyrau oblysy is equal.