Since October 1997 homosexual relationships are not criminalised in Kyrgyzstan.

Several provisions within the constitution, the family law and the civil code points to the definition of a marriage as being a union between a man and a woman.

On 17 March 2023, the government announced a proposal to amend the child protection law. Article 2-1 of the draft law expands the definition of information harmful to the health and development of children as follows: “[information] that denounces family and traditional societal values, promotes non-traditional sexual relations and initiates disrespect towards parents or other family members”. The bill was passed by the parliament on 22 June 2023 and signed into law by the president on 14 August 2023. Unlike Hungary's "law on the protection of children" , the law does not mention sexual orientation or homosexuality explicitly. The law also does not define "family values" and "non-traditional sexual relations".

With the entry into force of the new Law on Civil Status Acts (Law No. 110), direct provisions instructing registry offices regarding administrative gender change were removed from the text of the law. However, the new legislation did not introduce any explicit prohibition on modifying birth records for this reason. Under the fundamental legal principle that "what is not prohibited by law is permitted," legal gender change remains permissible, though the process shifted from a purely administrative track to a judicial one. Due to the lack of dedicated administrative regulations, applicants can pursue legal gender correction by filing a civil lawsuit to establish a fact of legal significance. Based on a final and binding court judgment, civil registry offices remain legally obligated to update the gender marker and issue new identity documents, which de facto maintains the legality of this procedure within the Kyrgyz legal system.

Article 38 of the Law “On Protecting the Health of the Kyrgyz Republic Citizens” states, “the gender identity may be changed or corrected in healthcare facilities through medical interventions at the request of a full-aged patient based on medical, biological, social and psychological indications in accordance with the procedure set forth by the responsible governmental body of the Kyrgyz Republic in the area of health care.”

Not legally recognized

Kyrgyzstan does not provide hate crime protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

In Kyrgyzstan, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from discrimination.

In Kyrgyzstan, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from employment discrimination.

In Kyrgyzstan, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from housing discrimination.

Only 22 countries allow trans service, Kyrgyzstan is not one of them

The Blood Service of the Kyrgyz Republic establishes among its absolute contraindications for blood donation, the permanent exemption of homosexual persons.

According to the ILGA, there's no ban on conversion therapy.