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Iraq Гей-индекс путешествий 2026

10/100
Высокий риск #179 of 207

Оценка = Право 10/60 + Сцена 0/40 = 10/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 15 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Правовая безопасность · Legal milestones · Сцена на месте · Частые вопросы

⚠ Криминализировано

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КриминализацияCriminalized (2024 law)
Партнёрство● Нет not recognised
Защита от дискриминации● Нет
Признание гендераNot possible — no legal gender recognition
Правоприменение на практикеActive enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue

Research note: April 2024 law; prosecutions and arrests documented HRW — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

  1. 1969Iraq's penal code did not explicitly criminalize consensual same-sex relations between adults. ↗
  2. 2003After the invasion, the Coalition Provisional Authority restored the 1969 code, leaving same-sex relations without explicit criminalization. ↗
  3. 2009Militias waged killing campaigns against men perceived as gay, with violence peaking through 2012 and going unpunished. ↗
  4. 2024Parliament criminalized same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison, plus penalties for 'promoting homosexuality' and gender-affirming surgery. ↗
  5. TodaySame-sex relations were explicitly illegal, and LGBTQ Iraqis faced imprisonment, militia violence and honor killings with no legal protection. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

Сцена на месте — 0/40 баллов

0
LGBTQ+ заведений в каталоге
0
Гей-бары
0
Гей-сауны
0
Города со сценой
0
Прайд-парады
0
Квир-кинофестивали
Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)
Гей-баров на миллион—
Саун на миллион—
Событий на миллион0
Уровень охвата—
Оценка сцены0/40 (исходный индекс сцены 0/100)

Частые вопросы

Безопасно ли в Iraq для гей-путешественников?

Iraq is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 10/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.

Легальны ли однополые браки в Iraq?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Iraq. Overall legal status: Criminalized (2024 law).

Есть ли гей-сцена в Iraq?

GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Iraq, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.