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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    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
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Ambiguous
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Ma’ĭkel

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Homosexual activity in Ma’ĭkel is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Simple Imprisonment: 10 days to 3 years.
Details
Sources:
www.state.gov/reports/2023-… - Section 6
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/te…
www.loc.gov/law/help/crimin…
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Same-sex marriage in Ma’ĭkel

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Same-sex marriage in Ma’ĭkel is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Unrecognized
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Ma’ĭkel

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Ma’ĭkel is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
The government tightly restricts freedom of expression, including on subjects related to sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics. LGBT people cannot freely assemble, associate, or express themselves publicly due to fear of identification, arrest, discrimination and/or violence.
Details
Sources:
www.state.gov/reports/2023-… - Paragraph 27 of Section 6
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Right to change legal gender in Ma’ĭkel

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Right to change legal gender in Ma’ĭkel is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place for legal gender recognition.
Details
Sources:
www.state.gov/reports/2023-… - Section 6 Paragraph 25
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Gender-affirming care in Ma’ĭkel

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Gender-affirming care in Ma’ĭkel is banned.

Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Eritrea is banned
Details
Sources:
features.hrw.org/features/f…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ma’ĭkel

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ma’ĭkel is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized
Details
Sources:
No source exists showing non-binary recognition
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LGBT discrimination in Ma’ĭkel

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LGBT discrimination in Ma’ĭkel is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
As homosexuality is illegal, no legal protection exists for either gender identity or sexual orientations
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/te…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Ma’ĭkel

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LGBT employment discrimination in Ma’ĭkel is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Ma’ĭkel

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LGBT housing discrimination in Ma’ĭkel is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Ma’ĭkel

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Same-sex adoption in Ma’ĭkel is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2010
Single only
Only single people.
Details
Sources:
adoption.com/eritrea
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Intersex infant surgery in Ma’ĭkel

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Intersex infant surgery in Ma’ĭkel is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
No known laws exist banning or permitting the practice and a US State Department report stated: "There were no reports of medically unnecessary surgery on children or nonconsenting intersex persons; the stigma on this topic, however, made it unlikely that any such cases would be discussed publicly."
Details
Sources:
www.state.gov/reports/2023-… - Section 6 Paragraph 26
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Serving openly in military in Ma’ĭkel

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Serving openly in military in Ma’ĭkel is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Blood donations by MSMs in Ma’ĭkel

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Blood donations by MSMs in Ma’ĭkel is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned (indefinite deferral)
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Conversion therapy in Ma’ĭkel

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Conversion therapy in Ma’ĭkel is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
No laws exist banning conversion therapy and "There were reports of individuals coerced into accepting attempted so-called conversion therapy practices in lieu of prison, but the scope of the practice was not clear.". Outright International apparently also found the practice was widespread.
Details
Sources:
www.state.gov/reports/2023-… - Section 6 Paragraph 26
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Equal age of consent in Ma’ĭkel

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Equal age of consent in Ma’ĭkel is n/a.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
N/A
Homosexual activity is outlawed in Eritrea.
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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