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LGBT Rights in Belait District

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

Homosexual activity in Belait

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Homosexual activity in Belait is illegal (death penalty as punishment).

Current status
Since Mar 28, 2019
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
agc.gov.bn/aGc%20images/Law…
theguardian.com/world/2019/…
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/05/…
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1951–Mar 27, 2019
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
The Penal Code of Brunei (revised edition 2001), Chapter 22, Page 152 states:

"Unnatural offences.
377. Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman, or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine. [S 12/97]"
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
unodc.org/tldb/pdf/Brunei_P…
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
gayasianews.com/2014/05/02/…
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Same-sex marriage in Belait

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Same-sex marriage in Belait is banned.

Current status
Since 1951
Banned
Homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
(See sources listed for homosexual activity.)
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Belait

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Belait is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile.

In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-42790219
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Right to change legal gender in Belait

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Right to change legal gender in Belait is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Laws against men dressing as women and vice versa.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Gender-Affirming Care in Belait

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Gender-Affirming Care in Belait is legal.

Current status
Since 1996
Legal
In 1996, Brunei adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Until 1996
Banned
Medical transition is not possible
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Belait

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
not recognized in Brunei
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
not recognized
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LGBT discrimination in Belait

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LGBT discrimination in Belait is no protections.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1951
No protections
None exist.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
huffingtonpost.ca/entry/joh…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Belait

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LGBT employment discrimination in Belait is no protections.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1951
No protections
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Belait

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LGBT housing discrimination in Belait is no protections.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1951
No protections
None exist. As well Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex adoption in Belait

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Same-sex adoption in Belait is illegal.

Current status
Since 1951
Illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
(See sources listed for homosexual activity.)
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Intersex infant surgery in Belait

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Intersex infant surgery in Belait is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Belait

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Serving openly in military in Belait is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Belait

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

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
sanquin.nl/bloed-geven/bloe…
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Conversion therapy in Belait

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Conversion therapy in Belait is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Brunei.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 327)
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Equal age of consent in Belait

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Equal age of consent in Belait is n/a.

Current status
Since 1951
N/A
Homosexual activity is illegal in Brunei.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
(See sources listed for homosexual activity.)
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N/A
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