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LGBT Rights in Obock Region

Obock is governed by federal Djibouti law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    Unknown
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    Ambiguous
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Obock

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Homosexual activity in Obock 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 Obock

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Same-sex marriage in Obock 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 Obock

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Obock 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 Obock

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Right to change legal gender in Obock 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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Gender-Affirming Care in Obock

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Gender-Affirming Care in Obock is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Obock

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Obock 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 Obock

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LGBT discrimination in Obock 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 Obock

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LGBT employment discrimination in Obock 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 Obock

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LGBT housing discrimination in Obock is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Obock

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Same-sex adoption in Obock 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 Obock

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Serving openly in military in Obock is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Obock

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Intersex infant surgery in Obock is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Obock

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Blood donations by MSMs in Obock 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 Obock

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Conversion therapy in Obock 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 Obock

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Equal age of consent in Obock is equal.

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