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LGBT Rights in Casablanca Prefecture

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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment 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 Casablanca

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

Current status
Since Nov 26, 1962
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Article 489 of the Penal Code punishes same sex behaviour by imprisonment of between 6 months and 3 years, and a fine of 200 to 1000 dirhams.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2009030…//www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf
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Until Jan 1, 1956
Ambiguous
Homosexuality was ambiguous in Morocco before 1956
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bbc.com/news/magazine-29566539
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Same-sex marriage in Casablanca

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Same-sex marriage in Casablanca is banned.

Current status
Banned
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Casablanca

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Casablanca is state-enforced.

Current status
Since 2005
State-enforced
Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. Article 3 of the Decree Regulating the Right of Association prohibits associations from engaging in activities that, inter alia, “breach the laws or public morals” or “offend Islam”.
Further amendments were made by Decree No. 2?04?969 (2005), which include prohibitive provisions, such as capacities at start-up.
LGBT organisations are refused to register by the authorities.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif-K…)
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor…
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Right to change legal gender in Casablanca

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Right to change legal gender in Casablanca is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework to change one's gender marker.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/morocco-lgbti
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Gender-Affirming Care in Casablanca

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Gender-Affirming Care in Casablanca is legal.

Current status
Since 2000
Legal
In Morocco, medical gender transitions are framed by a circular issued by the Ministry of Health in 2016. This circular allows transgender people to access medical treatments such as hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery, under certain conditions and after obtaining the advice of several specialists. ICD-10 classification, containing codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, governs gender medical transitions in Morocco.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
iglta.org/destinations/afri…
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Casablanca

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary identities are not recognized.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/morocco-lgbti
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LGBT discrimination in Casablanca

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LGBT discrimination in Casablanca is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
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Jan 1, 2010–Aug 5, 2018
No protections
Morocco just launched a gay magazine in 2010. The first gay Moroccan came out.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
theguardian.com/world/2010/…


hrw.org/no-longer-alone#
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LGBT employment discrimination in Casablanca

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LGBT employment discrimination in Casablanca is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Casablanca

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LGBT housing discrimination in Casablanca is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
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Same-sex adoption in Casablanca

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Same-sex adoption in Casablanca is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
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Intersex infant surgery in Casablanca

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Intersex infant surgery in Casablanca is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Casablanca

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Serving openly in military in Casablanca is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Casablanca

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

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Due to homosexuality being illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrw.org/video-photos/intera…
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Conversion therapy in Casablanca

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Conversion therapy in Casablanca is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/morocco-lgbti
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Equal age of consent in Casablanca

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Equal age of consent in Casablanca is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
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