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LGBT Rights in Dikhil Region

Dikhil is governed by federal Djibouti law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    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
    ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Dikhil

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Homosexual activity in Dikhil is legal.

Current status
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal while publicly expression of sexual or gender identity is criminalized on moral ground laws.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
2009-2017.state.gov/documen…
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Same-sex marriage in Dikhil

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Same-sex marriage in Dikhil is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
No laws in place for same sex marriage. Might be legalized?
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Dikhil

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Dikhil is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
There are no restrictions on LGBT content, but the authorities of Djibouti prosecute the public display of same-sex sexual conduct under laws prohibiting attacks on “good morals".
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2021120…//www.ecoi.net/de/dokument/1008973.html
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Right to change legal gender in Dikhil

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Right to change legal gender in Dikhil is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Legal gender recognition, by which a government allows individuals to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity, is not available.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2022-coun…

nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Dikhil

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not available.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2022-coun…
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LGBT discrimination in Dikhil

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LGBT discrimination in Dikhil is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No discrimination protections under Djibouti.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2021120…//www.ecoi.net/de/dokument/1008973.html
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LGBT employment discrimination in Dikhil

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LGBT employment discrimination in Dikhil is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2021120…//www.ecoi.net/de/dokument/1008973.html
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LGBT housing discrimination in Dikhil

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LGBT housing discrimination in Dikhil is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Dikhil

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Same-sex adoption in Dikhil is illegal.

Current status
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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
travel.state.gov/content/ad…
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Serving openly in military in Dikhil

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Serving openly in military in Dikhil is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Dikhil

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Blood donations by MSMs in Dikhil is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Sep 26, 2011
Ambiguous
Usually legal according to the American Red Cross, but not legal for LGBTQ people in Djibouti.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
redcross.org/news/article/A…
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Conversion therapy in Dikhil

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Conversion therapy in Dikhil is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not banned for lgbtq personnel in Djibouti.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2021120…//www.ecoi.net/de/dokument/1008973.html
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Equal age of consent in Dikhil

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Equal age of consent in Dikhil is equal.

Current status
Equal
Age of consent is 18.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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