- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Cahul is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 10, 1995
Legal
In 1995, Moldova decriminalised homosexuality. This also applies in Cahul.
Male illegal, female legal under federal Moldova law
An article under which sodomy was punishable by imprisonment from 5 to 8 years appeared in the Soviet Criminal Code on March 7, 1934 - number 154-a: “Sexual intercourse between a man and a man (sodomy) - imprisonment for a term of three to five years. Sodomy committed with the use of violence or taking advantage of the dependent position of the victim - imprisonment for a term of five to eight years."
Censorship of LGBT issues in Cahul is no censorship.
Current status
Since Oct 14, 2013
No censorship
Since 2013, there are no known laws censoring LGBTIQ+ topics in Cahul.
Fine as punishment
In 2013, Moldova passed a law banning “propaganda of intimate relations outside marriage and family” to minors. This law applied to Cahul.
The law would be repealed months later.
The law would be repealed months later.
No censorship
A 2012 law prohibiting discussion of LGBTIQ+ topics was repealed in Cahul. It is currently unknown when it was repealed.
State-enforced
In 2012, a law was passed in Cahul banning "homosexual propaganda" from being presented to minors. It is unknown when this law was passed or repealed.
Right to change legal gender in Cahul is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Current status
Since Apr 26, 2001
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Transgender people are allowed to change their legal name and gender on official documents in Moldova, but require a psychiatric diagnosis confirming their "transgenderism" to do so. This law also applies in Cahul.
Gender-affirming care in Cahul is legal.
Current status
Legal
As is the case for the rest of Moldova, gender-affirming care is legal in Cahul but often difficult to access in practice.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Cahul is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Moldova currently provides no legal recognition to intersex or nonbinary people. There is also no local recognition from Cahul.
LGBT employment discrimination in Cahul is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Feb 9, 2023
Sexual orientation and gender identity
In 2023, Moldova updated its laws against discrimination to include gender identity as a protected characteristic, including in employment. This law applies to Cahul.
LGBT housing discrimination in Cahul is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Cahul is single only.
Current status
Single only
Cahul only provides adoption to married couples and single parents. Unmarried couples cannot adopt.
Intersex infant surgery in Cahul is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Moldova law
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Moldova.
Serving openly in military in Cahul is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no known laws restricting or banning LGBTIQ+ people from serving in the military in Moldova. This also applies to Cahul. However, soldiers can be subject to poor treatment regardless.
Conversion therapy in Cahul is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal in Cahul.
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