Despite the incidence of violence and intimidation, LGBT persons generally do not report these crimes to authorities for fear of further victimisation at their hands.

Community attitudes that fuel such anti-LGBT activity stem from the Uzbek "mentality", with their "religion, culture, and traditions" making "gay men and women" unacceptable in the country, according to the spokesperson.

[1] It is criminalised in present-day Uzbekistan by Article 120 of Uzbek's criminal code (1994):[2][7][8] Besoqolbozlik, that is, voluntary sexual intercourse of two male individuals – shall be punished with imprisonment up to three years.

In November 2024, Alisher Qodirov the leader of the Milliy Tiklanish party announced that he was drafting a law banning discussions of LGBT people.

[11] In April 2023, the Constitution of Uzbekistan deliberately leaves out "sexual orientation" - despite all other categories explicitly being included - such as gender, race, religion and nationality.