LGBTQ rights in Kyrgyzstan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Legal since 1998[1] |
| Gender identity | Transgender people allowed to change gender following surgery |
| Military | No |
| Discrimination protections | None |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships | No recognition of same-sex unions |
| Restrictions | Constitutional ban since 2016 |
| Adoption | No |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Kyrgyzstan face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activities are legal in Kyrgyzstan, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are ineligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples.[1]
Since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has come increasingly under the influence of Islam and socially conservative attitudes tend to dominate within the society. Reports of discrimination and violence against LGBT people are frequent.[2]
- ^ a b "State-sponsored homophobia – A world survey of laws: Criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ Exclusive: Police are ‘blackmailing gay and bisexual men’ in Kyrgyzstan