Turkmenistan — Indice dei Viaggi Gay 2026

Name: Turkmenistan — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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10/100

Alto rischio #179 of 207

Punteggio = Legale 10/60 + Scena 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.

Sicurezza legale · Legal milestones · La scena sul posto · Domande frequenti

⚠ Criminalizzato

I rapporti tra persone dello stesso sesso sono criminalizzati o attivamente repressi qui. Consulta gli avvisi di viaggio del tuo governo prima di partire; questa pagina è informativa, non un invito a viaggiare.

Sicurezza legale — 10/60 punti

Criminalizzazione	Criminalized
Unione legale	● No not recognised
Antidiscriminazione	● No
Riconoscimento di genere	Not possible — no legal gender recognition
Applicazione nella pratica	Active enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue

Research note: HRW/RFE: 2024 raids, Art.135 prosecutions, torture — 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.

1927The Soviet Turkmen republic criminalized sexual relations between men, a ban carried through successive criminal codes. ↗
1997Independent Turkmenistan's new Criminal Code retained Article 135, punishing consensual male same-sex relations with up to two years' imprisonment. ↗
2019Amendments raised the maximum penalty to five years, and reports emerged of a gay doctor tortured in state custody. ↗
2020Several well-known figures from the modelling industry were arrested on homosexuality charges. ↗
2021The government told UN bodies it would reconsider the article criminalizing same-sex relations, but no reform followed. ↗
TodayMale same-sex activity remained illegal, with prison terms, forced examinations and compulsory psychiatric internment for repeat offenders documented. ↗

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

La scena sul posto — 0/40 punti

Locali LGBTQ+ elencati

Bar gay

Saune gay

Città con una scena

Parate del Pride

Festival di cinema queer

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Bar gay per milione	—
Saune per milione	—
Eventi per milione	0
Grado di copertura	—
Punteggio della scena	0/40 (indice grezzo della scena 0/100)

Domande frequenti

Turkmenistan è sicuro per i viaggiatori gay?

Turkmenistan 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.

Il matrimonio tra persone dello stesso sesso è legale in Turkmenistan?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Turkmenistan. Overall legal status: Criminalized.

C’è una scena gay in Turkmenistan?

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