- Homosexuality
- ⚢Ambiguous
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Ambiguous
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Until -0001
Until -0001
History
Homosexual activity in Djibouti is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Homosexuality is legal itself, Illegal under laws "against public morals".
Same-sex marriage in Djibouti is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
No laws in place for same sex marriage. Might be legalized?
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Djibouti is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
The authorities of Djibouti prosecute the public display of same-sex sexual conduct under laws prohibiting attacks on “good morals".
Right to change legal gender in Djibouti is unknown.
Until -0001
Ambiguous
Unknown. Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Djibouti is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Djibouti is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No discrimination protections under Djibouti.
LGBT employment discrimination in Djibouti is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Djibouti is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Djibouti is illegal.
Current status
Since Dec 23, 2017
Since Dec 23, 2017
Illegal
While there is no laws criminalizing same sex couples, we have considered it to be illegal becouse there was never a successful adoption by an LGBTQ personnel in Djibouti.
Serving openly in military in Djibouti is unknown.
Until -0001
Ambiguous
unknown. unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Djibouti is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Sep 26, 2011
Since Sep 26, 2011
Ambiguous
Usually legal according to the American Red Cross, but not legal for LGBTQ people in Djibouti.
Conversion therapy in Djibouti is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not banned for lgbtq personnel in Djibouti.
Equal age of consent in Djibouti is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Age of consent is 18, however, the age of consent for homosexuals in Djibouti may not be equal due to ambiguous status.
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Alternative names: Djibouti/Jibuti (local name)
