Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    Ambiguous
    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
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Kyrgyzstan

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Homosexual activity in Kyrgyzstan is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 1, 1997
Legal
Since October 1997 homosexual relationships are not criminalised in Kyrgyzstan.
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Sources:
icrc.org/ihl-nat.nsf/a24d1c…
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Same-sex marriage in Kyrgyzstan

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Same-sex marriage in Kyrgyzstan is banned.

Current status
Since May 8, 1996
Banned
Several provisions within the constitution, the family law and the civil code points to the definition of a marriage as being a union between a man and a woman.
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Sources:
family.jrank.org/pages/1030…
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
legislationline.org/documen…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Kyrgyzstan

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Kyrgyzstan is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Aug 14, 2023
Ambiguous
On 17 March 2023, the government announced a proposal to amend the child protection law. Article 2-1 of the draft law expands the definition of information harmful to the health and development of children as follows: “[information] that denounces family and traditional societal values, promotes non-traditional sexual relations and initiates disrespect towards parents or other family members”. The bill was passed by the parliament on 22 June 2023 and signed into law by the president on 14 August 2023. Unlike Hungary's "law on the protection of children" , the law does not mention sexual orientation or homosexuality explicitly. The law also does not define "family values" and "non-traditional sexual relations".
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Sources:
ilga-europe.org/news/statem…
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Until Aug 14, 2023
No censorship
In Kyrgyzstan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Sources:
russian.rt.com/ussr/news/11…
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Right to change legal gender in Kyrgyzstan

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Right to change legal gender in Kyrgyzstan is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Aug 1, 2020
Legal, but requires surgery
Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/kyrgyzstan-lgbti
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Until Aug 1, 2020
Legal, but requires surgery
From soviet times. Missing non binary options on documents.
Details
Sources:
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2…
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Gender-affirming care in Kyrgyzstan

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Gender-affirming care in Kyrgyzstan is legal.

Current status
Since 2000
Legal
In 2000, Kyrgyzstan adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal, but restricted for minors
In 1983, transsexualism began to be professionally diagnosed in the Soviet Union, which allowed the prescription of hormone therapy.
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Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kyrgyzstan

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kyrgyzstan is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized
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Only a few progressive countries in the world
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LGBT discrimination in Kyrgyzstan

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LGBT discrimination in Kyrgyzstan is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 25, 1991
No protections
There are no discrimination laws for sexual orientation and gender identities. The date shown is that of the foundation of the country.
Details
Sources:
hrw.org/node/122472/section/2
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LGBT employment discrimination in Kyrgyzstan

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LGBT employment discrimination in Kyrgyzstan is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections in employment.
Details
Sources:
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2…

ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…

ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 327)
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LGBT housing discrimination in Kyrgyzstan

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LGBT housing discrimination in Kyrgyzstan is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections in housing discrimination
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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Same-sex adoption in Kyrgyzstan

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Same-sex adoption in Kyrgyzstan is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 11, 2005
Single only
it is the more open-minded places besides Nepal and tiwan. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details
Sources:
irinnews.org/feature/2005/0…
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Intersex infant surgery in Kyrgyzstan

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Intersex infant surgery in Kyrgyzstan is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Kyrgyzstan

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Serving openly in military in Kyrgyzstan is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since Dec 25, 1991
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Only 22 countries allow trans service, Kyrgyzstan is not one of them
Details
Sources:
cbc.ca/news/world/countries…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Kyrgyzstan

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Blood donations by MSMs in Kyrgyzstan is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Kyrgyzstan

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Conversion therapy in Kyrgyzstan is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA, there's no ban on conversion therapy.
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 327)
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Equal age of consent in Kyrgyzstan

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Equal age of consent in Kyrgyzstan is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1998
Equal
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