- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned
- Changing GenderAmbiguous
- Adoption✖ Illegal
- DiscriminationIllegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- MilitaryDon't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
Public Opinion
"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?"
El Salvador ranks #22 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 4, 2013)
(62%) No
Yes (34%)
History
Current status
(since Jun 15, 1974)
(since Jun 15, 1974)
Legal
The penal code does not mention homosexuality explicitly and thus is assumed to be legal
Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Discrimination is termed illegal by presidential decree in government offies, but it is not penalized.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Illegal to discriminate on govt. offices, by presidential decree, but not punishable
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2000)
(since Jan 1, 2000)
Legal
MSM can donate acording to law, but still exists discrimination in health system against them
Current status
(since Jun 15, 1974)
(since Jun 15, 1974)
Equal
No
Current status
Ambiguous
Not legal, bu catholic religion the leader in El Salvador, promotes it
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