Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    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
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Dubai

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Homosexual activity in Dubai is illegal (death penalty as punishment).

Current status
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Homosexuality is punishable by death in this region.
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Same-sex marriage in Dubai

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Same-sex marriage in Dubai is banned.

Current status
Banned
illegal completely
Sources:
no sources needed
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Dubai

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Dubai is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
illegal
Sources:
no source
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Right to change legal gender in Dubai

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Right to change legal gender in Dubai is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Only allow sex change surgery if there is an unclear sex. Does not recognize gender identity.
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Gender-affirming care in Dubai

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Gender-affirming care in Dubai is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Dubai

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
not recognized
Sources:
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LGBT discrimination in Dubai

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LGBT discrimination in Dubai is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT employment discrimination in Dubai

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LGBT employment discrimination in Dubai is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Dubai

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LGBT housing discrimination in Dubai is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Dubai

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Same-sex adoption in Dubai is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
illegal, banned
Sources:
not allowed
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Intersex infant surgery in Dubai

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Intersex infant surgery in Dubai is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Dubai

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Serving openly in military in Dubai is illegal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1987
Illegal
not allowed at all
Sources:
no sources found w
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Blood donations by MSMs in Dubai

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Blood donations by MSMs in Dubai is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Blood donations In Dubai for MSM is banned (indefinite deferral).
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Conversion therapy in Dubai

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Conversion therapy in Dubai is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
No information.
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Equal age of consent in Dubai

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Equal age of consent in Dubai is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal in the United Arab Emirates, therefore the age of consent is not applicable.
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