LGBTQ rights in Turkmenistan | |
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Status | Illegal (for males) since 1927 (as Turkmen SSR); not criminalised between females[1][2]: 4 [3] |
Penalty | Up to 5 years imprisonment with fines [3] |
Gender identity | No |
Military | No |
Discrimination protections | None |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | No recognition of same-sex unions |
Adoption | No |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Turkmenistan face active discrimination and stigmatization compared to non-LGBT residents.[3][4] Turkmenistan is one of the only two post-Soviet states where male homosexual activity remains criminalised, along with Uzbekistan.[5]
Homosexuality: Male illegal, female legal
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).In Turkmenistan, a 2019 amendment to the Penal Code reflected that the maximum punishment for sodomy had been increased to five years' imprisonment, as compared to two years in the 1997 Code.
...two years' imprisonment for sodomy, stipulated by article 135 of the Turkmen Criminal Code. Before Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow came to power in 2007, the article on sodomy was rarely enforced