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LGBT Rights in Naxçıvan
Municipality

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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Ambiguous
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Naxçıvan

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Homosexual activity in Naxçıvan is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 2000
Legal
In 2000 a new criminal code was introduced, repealing article 121 against homosexuality.
Details
Sources:
www.refworld.org/docid/4417…
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Same-sex marriage in Naxçıvan

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Same-sex marriage in Naxçıvan is banned.

Current status
Banned
Article 2.3 of the Family Code reads: "Marriage is a voluntary union of a man and a woman registered in the relevant executive authority for the purpose family."
Details
Sources:
Family Code:
natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/…

www.marriageequality.org/in…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Naxçıvan

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Naxçıvan is state-enforced.

Current status
Since Oct 3, 2017
State-enforced
In Azerbaijan, there are several reports of crackdowns of LGBTQ+ people.
Details
Sources:
www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/03…
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Right to change legal gender in Naxçıvan

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Right to change legal gender in Naxçıvan is illegal.

Current status
Since Oct 18, 1991
Illegal
Azerbaijan currently provides no legal path for changing gender markers on official documents.
Details
Sources:
outrightinternational.org/o…
www.coe.int/t/commissioner/… - executive summary A.15
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Apr 5, 1972–Oct 18, 1991
Legal, but requires surgery
The Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed
Details
Sources:
bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala…
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Until Apr 5, 1972
Illegal
Azerbaijan was a member of the Soviet Union in 1972 and before then legal gender recognition was not provided.
Details
Sources:
bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala…
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Gender-affirming care in Naxçıvan

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Gender-affirming care in Naxçıvan is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Government does provide a fundamental right to gender affirming care but transgender people have been known to be refused treatment.
Details
Sources:
www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/…
president.az/en/pages/view/… (Article 42)
www.ilga-europe.org/files/u…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Naxçıvan

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
A Third gender is not legally recognized in Azerbaijan.
Details
Sources:
www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/…
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LGBT discrimination in Naxçıvan

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LGBT discrimination in Naxçıvan is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Only "protection" is the end of anti-sodomy laws (only in effort to join Council of Europe). Otherwise, LGBT people have no protections.
Details
Sources:
www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/05/…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Naxçıvan

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LGBT employment discrimination in Naxçıvan is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Excerpt: "Gay and lesbians can be thus unfairly dismissed from their jobs, and homophobia is common."
Details
Sources:
www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/05/…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Naxçıvan

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LGBT housing discrimination in Naxçıvan is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Azerbaijan does not have measures for legal recognition of non-binary gender(s).
Details
Sources:
www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/23…
www.coe.int/t/commissioner/…
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Same-sex adoption in Naxçıvan

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Same-sex adoption in Naxçıvan is illegal.

Current status
Since Dec 28, 1999
Illegal
According to a study by the Council of Europe or the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, same-sex couples cannot adopt since Article 120 of the Family Code (1999) states that joint adoption is only allowed for married couples. The report suggests that in principle, there aren't any legal restrictions around adopting as an individual — gay or straight — however, all individuals are usually denied the right to adopt.
Details
Sources:
www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/…
www.adoptintl.com/azerbaija…
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Intersex infant surgery in Naxçıvan

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Intersex infant surgery in Naxçıvan is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Azerbaijan.
Details
Sources:
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/…
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Serving openly in military in Naxçıvan

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Serving openly in military in Naxçıvan is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Naxçıvan

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Blood donations by MSMs in Naxçıvan is legal.

Current status
Legal
Details
Sources:
www.adventuregirl.com/trave…
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Conversion therapy in Naxçıvan

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Conversion therapy in Naxçıvan is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned and the practice is reportedly commonly practiced.
Details
Sources:
www.state.gov/reports/2023-… - Section 6, paragraph 29
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Equal age of consent in Naxçıvan

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Equal age of consent in Naxçıvan is equal.

Current status
Equal
The age of consent in Azerbaijan is 16 for both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.
Details
Sources:
books.google.com/books?id=j…
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Legal Rights
33 / 100
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