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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- Ambiguous
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- 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
- Female equal, male N/A
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Homosexual activity in Toshkent is male illegal, female legal.
Current status
Since Sep 22, 1994
Male illegal, female legal
Article 120 of the penal code states male homosexuality is punishable by 3 years in prison. Female homosexuality is not illegal, but lesbians still face heavy social persecution.
Same-sex marriage in Toshkent is banned.
Current status
Since Sep 22, 1994
Banned
As homosexuality is illegal, same sex union is also illegal by default.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Toshkent is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
In Uzbekistan, there are no known laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. However, given the country's heavy restrictions on freedom of speech and expression, advocacy for LGBT rights may result in criminal prosecution.
In 2021, an activist blogger who called for homosexuality to be decriminalized was sentenced to three years in jail for 'libel and public insult'.
In 2021, an activist blogger who called for homosexuality to be decriminalized was sentenced to three years in jail for 'libel and public insult'.
Right to change legal gender in Toshkent is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
The Family Code states that "correction of civil status records when changing gender is allowed only upon the conclusion of the health authorities". However, there are many reports of healthcare professionals being unwilling to do so.
Legal, but requires surgery
Under Soviet law, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the regulations were not changed.
Until Apr 5, 1972
Illegal
Legal gender change is impossible
Gender-affirming care in Toshkent is legal.
Current status
Legal
Gender-affirming care is not formally regulated in Uzbekistan however there are a plethora of practical challenges to accessing it mostly stigma and lack of available health professionals.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Toshkent is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
According to the ILGA's Trans Legal Mapping Report, no non-binary options are available.
LGBT discrimination in Toshkent is no protections.
Current status
No protections
The anti-discrimination provision in the constitution does not mention LGBTQIA+ people therefore allowing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT employment discrimination in Toshkent is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no discrimination protections for LGTBQIA+ people.
LGBT housing discrimination in Toshkent is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no discrimination protections for LGTBQIA+ people.
Same-sex adoption in Toshkent is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Intersex infant surgery in Toshkent is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Toshkent is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
It is believed that Uzbekistan does not allow LGBTQIA+ people to serve in the military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Toshkent is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
not allowed
Conversion therapy in Toshkent is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no regulations on the use of conversion therapy in Uzbekistan and in prisons it is reported to be required for men convicted of homosexuality.
Equal age of consent in Toshkent is female equal, male n/a.
Current status
Female equal, male N/A
Age of consent is 16 however male anal sex is illegal.
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Alternative names: Taškent, Toshkent, Toşkent, Toshkent, Taschkent, Tachkent