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| Region | Dominican Republic |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Description | In 2012 the newspaper El Caribe cited the Minister of the Armed Forces as saying that "presence of homosexuals in their ranks" was prohibited by law. |
| Sources | https://www.refworld.org/docid/527a3f024.html |
Revision History (5)
edited by Nosoynadie. In November 2025, the Constitutional Court issued Judgment TC/1225/25, ending a ban that criminalized same-sex conduct within the country’s police department and its armed forces, which struck down articles in the Armed Forces and National Police codes that criminalized same-sex conduct (historically labeled as "sodomy"). In Judgment TC/1225/25, the court held that article 210 of the Code of Justice of the National Police and article 260 of the Code of Justice of the Armed Forces violate constitutional guarantees to nondiscrimination, privacy, free development of personality, and the right to work.
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| End Date | (none) | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Description | In 2012 the newspaper El Caribe cited the Minister of the Armed Forces as saying that "presence of homosexuals in their ranks" was prohibited by law. | In 2012 the newspaper El Caribe cited the Minister of the Armed Forces as saying that "presence of homosexuals in their ranks" was prohibited by law. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | Illegal |
| Description | In 2012 the newspaper El Caribe cited the Minister of the Armed Forces as saying that "presence of homosexuals in their ranks" was prohibited by law. | |
| Sources | https://www.refworld.org/docid/527a3f024.html |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| Description | Dosent have military. | |
| Sources | No |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "Law 285-66
n Law 285-66 prohibits police officers from engaging in
sodomy, punishable by up to two years in prison. The law
essentially prohibits LGBT people from serving as members
of the police force.
n In 2014, National Police Chief Manuel Castro affirmed
this interpretation, stating that the law prohibits LGBT people
from becoming members of the police force. "
- Status is not correct
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | Dosent have military. |