- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭Unknown
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Hövsgöl is legal.
Current status
Since Sep 1, 2002
Legal
According to the laws of Mongolia
Censorship of LGBT issues in Hövsgöl is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Hövsgöl, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Hövsgöl is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since Jun 2009
Legal, but requires surgery under federal Mongolia law
An amandment made in June 2009 to Article 20(1) of the Civil Registration Law allows transgender people to change their legal gender on birth certificates or citizen identification cards following sex reassignment surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Hövsgöl is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Hövsgöl is illegal.
Current status
Since Jul 1, 2017
Illegal
The criminal code of Mongolia outlaws discrimination against LGBT people.
LGBT employment discrimination in Hövsgöl is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Hövsgöl is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Hövsgöl is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Hövsgöl is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Hövsgöl is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Hövsgöl is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Mongolia law
Conversion therapy remains legal and widespread in Mongolia.
Legal Rights
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Alternative names: Hovsgol, Khuvsgul