Entry #3525: Serving openly in military in Maldives

Current Version

Region	Maldives
Issue	Serving openly in military
Status	Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Start Date	past
End Date	now
Description	Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.
Sources	https://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide

Revision History (11)

Apr 14, 2022 Revision by maddyksf

	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Value	Legal	Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Sep 16, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Don't Ask, Don't Tell	Legal
Note	Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.	Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.
Note	Show Difference Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.

Reports (1)

Status is not correct "This is not correct at all. Homosexual people cannot live openly at all, let alone serve openly in the military. LGBT people have zero rights or recognition in the Maldives. Please contact me at [email protected] if you need more info. "
Nov 28, 2019

Aug 1, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Jun 1, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Value Special	Ambiguous	(REMOVED)

Apr 24, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Value Special	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Note	No	Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.
Note	Show Difference No Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.

Mar 16, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Sources	No	https://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide
Sources	Show Difference No https://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide

Jan 22, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Value Special	Ambiguous	(REMOVED)
Note	Not clear.	No
Note	Show Difference Not clear. No

Jan 19, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Value Special	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Note	No	Not clear.
Note	Show Difference No Not clear.
Sources	https://books.google.com/?id=tvnCKuSdOEwC&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=false	No
Sources	Show Difference https://books.google.com/?id=tvnCKuSdOEwC&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=false No

Nov 12, 2017 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned	Illegal

Nov 2, 2017 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Oct 18, 2017 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Sources	NO	https://books.google.com/?id=tvnCKuSdOEwC&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sources	Show Difference NO https://books.google.com/?id=tvnCKuSdOEwC&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=false

Aug 4, 2016 Ausyk created this entry.