LGBT rights in the Turkmen Emirate
In The Turkmen Emirate relationships between men are illegal. However, relationships between women are legal (despite briefly being criminalised from 2018-2022) and transgender people are recognised.
| Status |
|
|---|---|
| Penalty | exile (men only) |
| Gender identity | transgenders recognised |
| Military | Transgenders and lesbians allowed to serve openly Gay men allowed to serve in the Army but not openly (don’t ask don’t tell policy enforced) or in the Navy. |
| Discrimination protections | No laws against discrimination. |
| Family rights | |
| Adoption | Female same-sex couples may adopt jointly |
History
Male homosexuality was illegal under the Soviet Union and when the country was known as Turkmenistan but female homosexuality was legal.
When The Islamic Caliphate of the Balkans ruled, male and female homosexuality was illegal as was presenting as transgender (under transvestism laws).
After the disintegration of the Islamic Caliphate of the Balkans the Han Caliphate legalised being transgender (by allowing citizens to change their legal gender and thus not be classified as transvestites) and legalised female homosexual acts.
Military service
Closeted Gay men can serve in army roles that don’t require a security clearance.
However servicemen who “proposition other men or publicly announce their homosexual urges” will be dishonourably discharged.
Male homosexuals cannot serve in the Navy due to “the greater possibility of temptation”.
Transgender people can serve in any branch of the military and lesbians can serve in any branch that recruits women.