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LGBT Rights in Tozeur Governorate

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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Tozeur

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Homosexual activity in Tozeur is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1913
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Penal Code of 1913: Article 230: “The masculine homosexuality and feminine homosexuality that is not covered by any of the other previous articles, is punished with imprisonment for three years” (unofficial translation)
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
jurisitetunisie.com/tunisie…
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Same-sex marriage in Tozeur

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Same-sex marriage in Tozeur is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
The personal status code does not explicitly define marriage to be between a man and a woman, but it's implied according to its different article. Only that type of marriage is regulated. There is no law that regulates same-sex marriages or a civil unions. In 2020, Tunisian authorities approved the family reunification of a same-sex couple married abroad, a move initially reported as indirect recognition of the marriage,[27][28] but the government repeated that it does not recognize same-sex marriages and the approval may have been an administrative oversight.
Details
Sources:
huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Tozeur

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Tozeur is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
In Tunisia it is illegal to promote the topic of Homosexuality
Details
Sources:
google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q…
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Right to change legal gender in Tozeur

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Right to change legal gender in Tozeur is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Jul 9, 2018
Legal, but requires surgery
Tunisian court granted legal gender recognition to a transgender man who received gender-affirming care in Germany, overruling a lower court’s verdict.
Details
Sources:
legal-agenda.com/%D8%A7%D9%…
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Jul 25, 1957–Jul 9, 2018
Illegal
Changing gender is illegal in Tunisia.
Details
Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Gender-affirming care in Tozeur

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Gender-affirming care in Tozeur is legal.

Current status
Since 2013
Legal
In 2013, Tunisia adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Tozeur

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Tozeur is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary identities are not legally recognized.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/tunisia-lgbti
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LGBT discrimination in Tozeur

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LGBT discrimination in Tozeur is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 25, 1957
No protections
Details
Sources:
jasmine-foundation.org/doc/…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Tozeur

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LGBT employment discrimination in Tozeur is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 25, 1957
No protections
decriminalization pending for homosexuality. Discrimination protections might be included.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Tozeur

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LGBT housing discrimination in Tozeur is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 25, 1957
No protections
Details
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Same-sex adoption in Tozeur

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Same-sex adoption in Tozeur is single only.

Current status
Since Jul 25, 1957
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details
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Intersex infant surgery in Tozeur

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Intersex infant surgery in Tozeur is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Tozeur

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Serving openly in military in Tozeur is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Jul 25, 1957
Ambiguous
there is no laws against LGBT people to serve Military
Details
Sources:
The constitution
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Blood donations by MSMs in Tozeur

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Blood donations by MSMs in Tozeur is legal.

Current status
Since Jul 25, 1957
Legal
there is no laws banned gay people to donate blood
Details
Sources:
the Tunisian laws
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Conversion therapy in Tozeur

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Conversion therapy in Tozeur is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Human rights minister said gays should be medically treated. Decriminalization of Homosexuality is pending.
Details
Sources:
state.gov/documents/organiz…


pinknews.co.uk/2012/02/06/t…
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Equal age of consent in Tozeur

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Equal age of consent in Tozeur is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Age of consent is not applicable because homosexuality is illegal in Tunisia.
Details
Sources:
thepinknews.com/2012/06/06/…
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