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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    Ambiguous
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    Ambiguous
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Homosexual activity in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 1943
Ambiguous
Note: Technically illegal, although enforcement is ambiguous.

Article 534 of the Lebanese Penal Code prohibits sexual relations that “contradict the laws of nature”.

While the law has been used to penalize homosexuality, it has been successfully challenged in court several times with defendants being acquitted. Several courts have also declined to prosecute.

Currently no national law has been passed to repeal Article 534, decriminalize homosexual activity, or clarify the position of the law.
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Sources:
humandignitytrust.org/count…
wionews.com/world/amid-econ…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_…
hrw.org/news/2018/07/19/leb…
today.lorientlejour.com/art…
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Same-sex marriage in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Same-sex marriage in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Same-sex marriage is not currently legal in Lebanon. The country does not recognize same-sex marriage or any other form of legal partnership for same-sex couples. There have been some calls for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Lebanon, but the issue remains controversial and there has been no significant movement towards changing the current legal status of same-sex marriage in the country.
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Sources:
Conjectural based on status of homosexual activity.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
The Lebanese government has vowed to shut down LGBT organizations, while several films have been banned in the country for LGBT content. Although it is not explicitly illegal to promote homosexuality as many LGBT night clubs and bars exist in the country.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
google.com/amp/s/www.voanew…
latimes.com/entertainment-a…
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Right to change legal gender in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Right to change legal gender in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Jan 2016
Legal, but requires surgery
As well as requiring gender reassignment surgery, they must also be unmarried and not have children.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pinknews.co.uk/2016/01/28/l…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No recognition
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
aljazeera.com/indepth/featu…
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LGBT discrimination in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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LGBT discrimination in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections from discrimination.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2020-coun…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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LGBT employment discrimination in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections.
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Sources:
state.gov/reports/2020-coun…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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LGBT housing discrimination in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No discrimination protections in housing. Full housing discrimination protection pending.
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Same-sex adoption in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Same-sex adoption in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is single only.

Current status
Single only
Both married and single individuals may adopt in Lebanon. However, Lebanon does not recognize same-sex marriage.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 328)

travel.state.gov/content/tr…
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Serving openly in military in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Serving openly in military in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since Mar 30, 2019
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
In 2019 a military tribunal acquited four personnel who accused of sodomy. The judge ruled that the law does not specify what acts are "contrary to nature". They were however dismissed from their posts.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/3…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Blood donations by MSMs in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Sexual contact with another male, even once.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
moph.gov.lb/userfiles/files…
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Conversion therapy in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Conversion therapy in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is not banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013
Not banned
Homosexuality was declassified as an illness in 2013.
The Lebanese Psychiatric Society, the Lebanese Psychological Association, other professional associations and NGOs have called for banning conversion therapy. To date, it is still legal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pinknews.co.uk/2013/07/12/l…
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Equal age of consent in Loubnâne ech Chemâli

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Equal age of consent in Loubnâne ech Chemâli is n/a.

Current status
Since 2013
N/A
Homosexuality is not legal in Lebanon as of 2023
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Sources:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_…
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