Pakistan Indice du Voyage Gay 2026
Score = Juridique 13/60 + Scène 0/40 = 13/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score
Updated 7 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.
Sécurité juridique · Legal milestones · La scène sur place · Questions fréquentes
Les relations entre personnes de même sexe sont criminalisées ou activement réprimées ici. Consultez les conseils aux voyageurs de votre gouvernement avant tout voyage ; cette page est informative et ne constitue pas une recommandation de voyage.
Sécurité juridique — 13/60 points
| Criminalisation | Death penalty possible |
|---|---|
| Partenariat | ● Non not recognised |
| Anti-discrimination | ● Non |
| Reconnaissance du genre | Restricted — heavy barriers (surgery, courts) or rarely granted |
| Application dans les faits | Harassment — police or state harassment documented |
Research note: FSC 2023 gutted self-ID; NADRA X-only; 377 entrapment — 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.
- 1860The British colonial penal code's Section 377 criminalized same-sex relations with two years to life imprisonment, a provision Pakistan retained after independence in 1947. ↗
- 1979The Hudood Ordinances layered Islamic law punishments over the colonial ban, though they were not enforced against same-sex conduct after 1985. ↗
- 2009The Supreme Court recognized a third gender and ordered protections for khawaja sira and transgender citizens. ↗
- 2018The landmark Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act allowed gender self-identification and banned discrimination in employment, education and housing. ↗
- 2023The Federal Shariat Court partially invalidated the act's self-identification provisions as un-Islamic, a rollback contested on appeal. ↗
- TodaySection 377 still criminalized same-sex relations and the community lived largely in secrecy, though transgender protections survived in weakened form. ↗
Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.
La scène sur place — 0/40 points
Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)
| Bars gay par million | 0 |
|---|---|
| Saunas par million | 0 |
| Événements par million | 0 |
| Niveau de couverture | — |
| Score de la scène | 0/40 (indice brut de la scène 0/100) |
Questions fréquentes
Pakistan est-il une destination sûre pour les voyageurs gays ?
Pakistan is rated Death-penalty risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized and can carry the death penalty. Its legal safety component is 13/60. On enforcement reality, police or state harassment is documented.
Le mariage entre personnes de même sexe est-il légal en Pakistan ?
No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Pakistan. Overall legal status: Death penalty possible.
Y a-t-il une scène gay en Pakistan ?
GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Pakistan, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.