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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Copán is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Copán is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Honduras, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
However, trans people face a risk of arrest under vaguely worded sections of the Law on Police and Social Affairs of 2001, enforcing police to "prevent and eliminate disturbances to tranquility, public morality, and proper conduct". Police crackdowns against "vagabonds", which are very vaguely defined, also target trans people at a disproportionate rate.
However, trans people face a risk of arrest under vaguely worded sections of the Law on Police and Social Affairs of 2001, enforcing police to "prevent and eliminate disturbances to tranquility, public morality, and proper conduct". Police crackdowns against "vagabonds", which are very vaguely defined, also target trans people at a disproportionate rate.
Right to change legal gender in Copán is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Transgender people have not been legally recognized. In 2019, five LGBTI rights defenders filed an unconstitutional appeal against the National Registry of Persons Act on the grounds that there is no procedure for them to request or effect a name change in accordance with their perceived identity.
The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).
The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).
Gender-affirming care in Copán is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
Gender-affirming care is not provided in Honduras, although not banned either.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Copán is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No non-binary options on documents.
Hate crime protections in Copán is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Apr 26, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Article 27(27) of the Penal Code, amended by Legislative Decree No. 23-2013, establishes that the following are aggravating circumstances: "Committing the crime with hatred or contempt based on sex, gender, religion, national origin, membership in indigenous or Afro-descendant communities, sexual orientation, or gender identity, age, marital status or disability, ideology or political opinion of the victim."
The same protection remains in effect under Article 31(8) of the new Penal Code (Legislative Decree 130-2017), in force since June 25, 2020.
The same protection remains in effect under Article 31(8) of the new Penal Code (Legislative Decree 130-2017), in force since June 25, 2020.
LGBT discrimination in Copán is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Apr 6, 2013
Illegal in some contexts
LGBT employment discrimination in Copán is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Apr 6, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Same-sex adoption in Copán is single only.
Current status
Single only
The last paragraph of Article 22 of the Special Adoption Law establishes that "It is prohibited to give girls or boys or adults for adoption to marriages or de facto unions formed by persons of the same sex." However, LGBTIQ+ singles can still adopt.
Intersex infant surgery in Copán is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Intersex infant surgery is legal in Honduras but not reported.
Serving openly in military in Copán is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no known bans or restrictions on LGBTIQ+ people serving in the military in Honduras.
Conversion therapy in Copán is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal in Honduras and reported to be occurring.
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