- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Legal, but restricted for minors
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Gender identity only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Gender identity only
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
According to recent survey data available, societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights in Pakistan is noticeable.
Perception of LGBTQ+ People
Survey results from 6 LGBTQ+ Equaldex users who lived in or visited Pakistan.
Overall
Perceived Safety**Survey results represent personal perceptions of safety and may not be indicative of current actual conditions.
Equal Treatment
Visibility & Representation
Culture
Services
History
Homosexual activity in Pakistan is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Same-sex marriage in Pakistan is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Pakistan is imprisonment as punishment.
Right to change legal gender in Pakistan is legal, no restrictions.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Pakistan is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Pakistan is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in Pakistan is gender identity only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Pakistan is gender identity only.
Same-sex adoption in Pakistan is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Pakistan is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Pakistan is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Pakistan is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Pakistan is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Pakistan is n/a.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Pakistan.
- Gilgit-Baltistan (Administered Area)
- Islamabad (Federal Capital Territory)
- Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Administered Area)
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Territory)