and indecent. Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) community did not have access to certain health services and could be fired from their jobs because of their sexual orientation. Organizations devoted to protecting the freedom of LGBTI persons remained underground because they could not legally register with the government. Members of the LGBTI community reported they continued to face discrimination, assault, rape, and arrest by security forces and society at large." 2020 U.S. State Department report In 2020, the U.S. State Department reported the following: LGBTI people "continued to face arrest by security forces" and also endured "discrimination, assault, and rape," including by police. As with the 2017 report, it remained the case that "homosexuality was widely seen as taboo and indecent" and that LGBTI rights organizations could not legally incorporate and therefore "remained underground." The government only permits condom distribution to married couples, and there is stigma against people living with HIV. Saboor Husaini, a transgender activist and artist, was murdered in December 2020. Summary table See also Human rights in Afghanistan Gender roles in Afghanistan LGBT rights in Asia Hamid Zaher - Afghan writer and gay activist Death penalty for homosexuality References Further reading Afghanistan Media Law Afghanistan Law and Constitution Foster, Stephen Wayne. Afghanistan. Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.), Garland Publishing, 1990. pp. 17–19. External links Afghanistan's Dirty Little Secret: Boy Lovers by The San Francisco Chronicle'' Human rights in Afghanistan LGBT in Afghanistan Afghanistan