Is it safe for gays in mongolia
A rainbow flag outside the Great Khural, Mongolia's parliament building, Ulaanbaatar, March 2019. Photo (c): The LGBT Centre Mongolia. Used with permission.
During the summer of 2017, I spent some months in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city. There, I met a new woman in her second year of university, who told me about the difficulties of organism an LGBTQ+ person in the state. I was immediately struck by the gravity of some of the situations she portrayed. Although she was only 19 years ancient, she had already faced such discrimination herself. I knew that she would have valuable awareness into what younger members of the country's LGBTQ+ society were going through.
Mongolia is a state with a history of discrimination against LGBTQ+ people. Even though laws remain to protect them, it is not uncommon to browse reports of pansexual and homosexual people who have been beaten, raped, or even kidnapped by hate groups. There are some hesitant signs of convert. At the finish of last year, police brought charges against a far-right group after an attack on a transgender sex worker, in a exceptional case of the authorities investigating an anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime.
So when I suggested tha
Charges in Mongolia LGBT attack hint at changing attitudes
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – Last month, Bosoo Khukh Mongol, a far-right Mongolian nationalist group, teamed up with a local television station to lure a gender non-conforming sex worker into a hotel room.
In the room, they threatened her with physical violence and forced her to describe her work on camera.
The video was aired on the evening news and posted on Bosoo Khukh Mongol’s Facebook page, alongside incendiary commentary accusing the LGBT community of paedophilia, spreading disease and compromising national security.
Gay and transgender people continue to be the aim of harassment and violence in Mongolia, although some progress has been made in recent years.
In 2017, changes were made to the law to provide more protections for the LGBT community as well as better training for law enforcement officials on detest crimes and preventing and prosecuting them.
“Previously, Mongolians had limited facts about acceptance of LGBT rights and dignity,” said Tamir Chultemsuren, a political sociologist with the Independent Research Institute of Mongolia, “but now, people have more information… and so general public awareness has
Mongolia - Human Rights Committee - Queer Rights - February 2025
This report addresses compliance by the Government of Mongolia (Government) with its human rights obligations concerning individuals who are lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender, lgbtq+, and other sexual or gender minorities (LGBTQ+).
The lack of comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, and the authorities’ failure to probe and penalize hostility against LGBTQ+ people, weaken the effectiveness of existing protections. LGBTQ+ individuals persist to face widespread discrimination, violence, and institutional bias. There is a pervasive fear of reporting crimes due to distrust in statute enforcement, and minimal confidence in the justice system. The Government’s failure to recognize same-sex unions, denies LGBTQ+ individuals access to critical rights and benefits, further entrenching systemic inequalities.
LGBTQ+ advocates in Mongolia face significant barriers to serene assembly. Authorities arbitrarily deny permits, and efforts to question these denials in court have revealed judicial bias and derogatory rhetoric.
In this report we employ the acronym Homosexual to refer to individuals who self-identi
Mongolia
Mongolia has made significant strides in upholding the human rights of LGBTIQ people since the decriminalization of same-sex relations in 2001. However, challenges remain, particularly in marriage equality, as the 1992 Constitution explicitly prohibits gay marriages. Despite this, the country has seen progress in other areas of LGBTQ protection, including in safeguarding the rights of people based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression through anti-hate crime legislation. While there are no known legal barriers to the ability of LGBTIQ organizations to register, an all-encompassing law that came into force in 2020 provides Mongolia with wide, arbitrary powers to scrutinize the activities of NGOs operating within the country, which poses a barrier to all organizations from operating freely.
One notable advancement is the increased recognition of the right to the legal recognition of gender identity. The Civil Registration Law, adopted in 2009, allows for legal gender recognition. Article 14 of the commandment requires applicants to be above 18 years and to provide a “medical verification document on the sex change.” The Criminal Code of Mong