This article was originally posted here on Non-Breaking Space by Jerome, who is currently traveling through Eastern Europe & the Middle East. Read below to learn a little bit aobu the gay situation in Central Asia today.
My trip took me to Georgia, Azerbaijan, and to central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and I’m now in Kyrgyzstan.
Homosexuality was legalized in 1998 in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, then followed Georgia and Azerbaijan in 2000, but is still illegal in Uzbekistan. To be more specific, what the law from the former Soviet Union mentions is anal sexual act between men. Women are not concerned. Today, only Georgia has a law specificaly banning discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation. Continue reading The Gay Situation in Central Asia Today
