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LGBT Rights in Oman

    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A

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History

Homosexual activity in Oman

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Homosexual activity in Oman 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."
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Same-sex marriage in Oman

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Same-sex marriage in Oman is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
Homosexuality is not legal in Oman.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Oman

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Oman 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.
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Right to change legal gender in Oman

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Right to change legal gender in Oman is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Oman

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no legal recognition for non-binary identities.
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LGBT discrimination in Oman

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LGBT discrimination in Oman 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.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Oman

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LGBT employment discrimination in Oman 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.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Oman

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LGBT housing discrimination in Oman is no protections.

Current status
Since Nov 6, 1996
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Oman

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Same-sex adoption in Oman is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Serving openly in military in Oman

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Serving openly in military in Oman is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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 Oman

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

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Not legal.
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 Oman

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Conversion therapy in Oman is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Oman.
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Equal age of consent in Oman

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Equal age of consent in Oman is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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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