The laws displayed for Puerto Plata are the same as Dominican Republic.
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Until 2000
History
Same-sex marriage in Puerto Plata is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Jun 17, 1944
Since Jun 17, 1944
Unrecognized
Dominican Republic law does not recognise any marriage or partnership between same sex couples. In 2010 the Constitution was amended to affirm that "The State shall promote and protect the family organization based on the institution of marriage between a man and a woman" (Article 55). In 2018 the IACHR ruled that the American Convention on Human Rights requires Dominican Republic to legalise same-sex marriage.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Puerto Plata is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Dominican Republic, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Puerto Plata is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
It is not possible to change legal gender in Dominican Republic
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Puerto Plata is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
The Dominican Republic does not allow gender change, including non-binary gender.
LGBT discrimination in Puerto Plata is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since 2000
Since 2000
LGBT employment discrimination in Puerto Plata is ambiguous.
Current status
Since 2000
Since 2000
Ambiguous
While no law offers explicit protection on the basis of sexual orientation in employment, it could be argued that Article 2 of the General Law on Youth (Law No. 49) (2000), which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, could apply to employment matters. However, this law only protects youth between 14 and 25 years of age.
Until 2000
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination is not illegal, and Law 285-66 specifically prohibits LGBT people from serving in the police force.
LGBT housing discrimination in Puerto Plata is no protections.
Current status
No protections
The law offers no protection for discrimination in matters of housing.
Same-sex adoption in Puerto Plata is single only.
Current status
Single only
Same sex couples are not allowed to adopt. Additional scrutiny is placed on unmarried people wishing to adopt.
Serving openly in military in Puerto Plata is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
In 2012 the newspaper El Caribe cited the Minister of the Armed Forces as saying that "presence of homosexuals in their ranks" was prohibited by law.
Blood donations by MSMs in Puerto Plata is legal.
Current status
Legal
No
Conversion therapy in Puerto Plata is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy ban pending.
Equal age of consent in Puerto Plata is equal.
Current status
Equal
The age of consent is set equally at 18 years of age.
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