LGBT Rights in Kābul Province

    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ Other punishment
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    Ambiguous
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History

Homosexual activity in Kābul

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Homosexual activity in Kābul is illegal (death penalty as punishment).

Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Under Taliban rule.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist organization.
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Same-sex marriage in Kābul

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Same-sex marriage in Kābul is banned.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Banned
Nationwide.
Sources:
Being LGBTQ+ is Illegal in Afghanistan, because the Sharia law.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Kābul

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Kābul is other punishment.

Current status
Other punishment
Penalty is unknown.
Sources:
Because of the Sharia law.
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Right to change legal gender in Kābul

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Right to change legal gender in Kābul is illegal.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Illegal
Changing Gender is Haram in Islam.
Sources:
Taliban is Islamist Group.
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Gender-affirming care in Kābul

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Gender-affirming care in Kābul is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kābul

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not possible.
Sources:
Afghanistan is "Islamic Republic" before 15 August 2021.
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LGBT discrimination in Kābul

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LGBT discrimination in Kābul is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT employment discrimination in Kābul

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LGBT employment discrimination in Kābul is no protections.

Current status
No protections
None exist.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Kābul

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LGBT housing discrimination in Kābul is no protections.

Current status
No protections
None exist.
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Same-sex adoption in Kābul

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Same-sex adoption in Kābul is illegal.

Current status
Since Sep 15, 2021
Illegal
Homosexuality is Illegal.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist Group.
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Intersex infant surgery in Kābul

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Intersex infant surgery in Kābul is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Kābul

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Serving openly in military in Kābul is illegal.

Current status
Since Sep 15, 2021
Illegal
Homosexuality is Illegal.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist group.
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Until Aug 15, 2021
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Nationwide.
Sources:
Practice is ended.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Kābul

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Blood donations by MSMs in Kābul is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Under the Taliban rule.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist Group.
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Conversion therapy in Kābul

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Conversion therapy in Kābul is not banned.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Not banned
Nationwide.
Sources:
Homosexuality is Illegal.
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Equal age of consent in Kābul

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Equal age of consent in Kābul is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Ambiguous
Homosexuality is Illegal.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist Organization.
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