- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- 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
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Eritrea is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Same-sex marriage in Eritrea is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Eritrea is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Eritrea is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Eritrea is banned.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Eritrea is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Eritrea is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Eritrea is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Eritrea is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Eritrea is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Eritrea is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Eritrea is n/a.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Eritrea.