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LGBT Rights in Musandam Governorate

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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Musandam

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

Current status
Since Feb 16, 1974
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
According to Article 33 of the Omani Penal Code: "The following are deemed as disgracing crimes: [...] Homosexual and lesbian intercourses."

Article 223, "Homosexual and Lesbian Intercourses" states: "Any one who commits erotic acts with a person of the same sex shall be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to three years. The suspects of homosexual or lesbian intercourse shall be prosecuted without a prior complaint, if the act results in a public scandal. The suspects of lesbian intercourse among ascendants, descendants or sisters shall only be prosecuted upon a complaint from a relative or a relative by marriage forth-degree removed."
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
unodc.org/tldb/showDocument…
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Same-sex marriage in Musandam

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Same-sex marriage in Musandam is banned.

Current status
Banned
Homosexuality is not legal in Oman.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
unodc.org/tldb/showDocument…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Musandam

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Musandam is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
The country has very strict media censorship and a very influential religious sect, so any obvious/open acts of homosexuality will likely get you into trouble as was the case with The Week newspaper.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nomadicboys.com/gay-friendl…
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Right to change legal gender in Musandam

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Right to change legal gender in Musandam is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Gender-Affirming Care in Musandam

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Gender-Affirming Care in Musandam is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Musandam

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no legal recognition for non-binary identities.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Div…
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LGBT discrimination in Musandam

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LGBT discrimination in Musandam is no protections.

Current status
Since Nov 6, 1996
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal and as such not covered as a ground to have protection against discrimination.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
servat.unibe.ch/icl/mu00000_.html
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LGBT employment discrimination in Musandam

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LGBT employment discrimination in Musandam is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Nov 6, 1996
Ambiguous
Some protection under gender based discrimination under Article 17 of Basic Law. According to the World Report 2018.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrw.org/sites/default/files…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Musandam

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LGBT housing discrimination in Musandam is no protections.

Current status
Since Nov 6, 1996
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex adoption in Musandam

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Same-sex adoption in Musandam is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Intersex infant surgery in Musandam

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Intersex infant surgery in Musandam is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Musandam

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Serving openly in military in Musandam is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013100…//lgbtweekly.com/2013/10/08/gulf-cooperation-countries-to-test-detect-then-ban-gays-from-entering-their-countries/
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Blood donations by MSMs in Musandam

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Blood donations by MSMs in Musandam is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Not legal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013100…//lgbtweekly.com/2013/10/08/gulf-cooperation-countries-to-test-detect-then-ban-gays-from-entering-their-countries/
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Conversion therapy in Musandam

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Conversion therapy in Musandam is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Oman.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 328)
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Equal age of consent in Musandam

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Equal age of consent in Musandam is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013100…//lgbtweekly.com/2013/10/08/gulf-cooperation-countries-to-test-detect-then-ban-gays-from-entering-their-countries/
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