- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Public Opinion
Recent studies in Libya indicate societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights.
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History
Homosexual activity in Libya is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Nov 18, 1953
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Article 410 of the penal code states that Indecent same sex intercourse is punishable from 1 to 4 years.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Libya is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
Under extensive Public morality laws or laws contrary to the Sharia .
Right to change legal gender in Libya is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
According to Wikipedia.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Libya is not legally recognized.
Current status
Since Oct 7, 1951
Not legally recognized
Not possible.
LGBT discrimination in Libya is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 7, 1951
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Libya is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 7, 1951
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there.
Same-sex adoption in Libya is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is still illegal there. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Blood donations by MSMs in Libya is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Nope.
Conversion therapy in Libya is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Libya.
Equal age of consent in Libya is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Age of consent is not applicable because homosexuality is illegal in Libya.
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