Kazakhstan is one of the more progressive Central Asian countries, but members of the LGBTQIA+ community report regular instances of discrimination (Fershtey, 2019). There is little information about sexual and gender minorities in Kazakhstan. This is likely due to the unaccepting culture of LGBTQIA+ communities in the country. There have been sodomy laws in the country for 63 years, and although those were abolished in 1997, its existence left lingering feelings of homophobia (Buelow, 2012).
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Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
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Civil Unions
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Joint Adoption
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Second Parent Adoption
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Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
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Broad Protections
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Criminalization of Violence
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Ban of Conversion Therapy
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Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
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Gender
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Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
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Buelow, S. (2012). Locating Kazakhstan: The role of LGBT voices in the Asia/Europe debate.lambda nordica, 17(4), 99-125. http://lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/download/362/345
Fershtey, A., & Sharifzoda, K. (2019, Jan 29). Life in the closet: The LGBT community in central asia. The Diplomat, Retrieved from https://login.proxy.lib.duke.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2172189223?accountid=10598
For Kazakhstan's LGBT community, A struggle for recognition and rights (2015).Washington, D.C.: NPR. Retrieved from https://login.proxy.lib.duke.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2030417438?accountid=10598
Kazakhstan: LGBT community living in fear. (2015, Jul 23).Targeted News Service Retrieved from https://login.proxy.lib.duke.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1698567261?accountid=10598
Tatkeyeva, Z. (2018).THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER ROLES PERCEPTIONS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN KAZAKHSTAN(Doctoral dissertation, Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities). https://nur.nu.edu.kz/bitstream/handle/123456789/3926/Tatkeyeva%20Thesis%20NUR.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y