LGBT rights in Ethiopia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Ethiopia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in the country, with reports of high level of discrimination and abuses against LGBT people. Homosexuality has been held as a sexual crime under religious law until the Derg regime overthrew monarchy system of Haile Selassie in 1974, the end of Solomonic dynasty. Ethiopia has been described by pundits as the most socially conservative country free from liberial ideology with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church led contribution in social milieu. Thus, LGBT people would face systemic discrimination among broader population.

LGBT rights in Ethiopia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Ethiopia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in the country, with reports of high level of discrimination and abuses against LGBT people. Homosexuality has been held as a sexual crime under religious law until the Derg regime overthrew monarchy system of Haile Selassie in 1974, the end of Solomonic dynasty. Ethiopia has been described by pundits as the most socially conservative country free from liberial ideology with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church led contribution in social milieu. Thus, LGBT people would face systemic discrimination among broader population.