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LGBT Rights in Nord-Ouest Department

Nord-Ouest is governed by federal Haiti law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    N/A
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

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History

Homosexual activity in Nord-Ouest

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Homosexual activity in Nord-Ouest is legal.

Current status
Since 1791
Legal
The French Penal Code of 1791, adopted between 25 September and 6 October 1791, extended to Saint-Domingue. When Haiti became independent from France in 1804, no law that criminalized consensual same-sex sexual acts was introduced, and no such law has come into the penal code since.
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ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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Same-sex marriage in Nord-Ouest

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Same-sex marriage in Nord-Ouest is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
Same sex marriage is not legal in Haiti, and upon announcement of plans to lobby for the right, advocates were met with a stream of religious backlash.
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Sources:
caribbean360.com/news/haiti…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Nord-Ouest

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Nord-Ouest is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Haiti, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Nord-Ouest

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Right to change legal gender in Nord-Ouest is legal, surgery not required.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2016
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options.
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Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Nord-Ouest

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary options missing.
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nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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LGBT discrimination in Nord-Ouest

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LGBT discrimination in Nord-Ouest is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 8, 1987
No protections
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Sources:
pdba.georgetown.edu/constit…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Nord-Ouest

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LGBT employment discrimination in Nord-Ouest is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
only protection is right to health. some protection under human rights institute. Attitude is that lgbt people are immoral that was in 2010.
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ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Nord-Ouest

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LGBT housing discrimination in Nord-Ouest is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 8, 1987
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Nord-Ouest

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Same-sex adoption in Nord-Ouest is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws for same sex couples.
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Sources:
agapeadoptions.org/adoption…
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Serving openly in military in Nord-Ouest

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Serving openly in military in Nord-Ouest is n/a.

Current status
N/A
they don't have military
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Blood donations by MSMs in Nord-Ouest

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Blood donations by MSMs in Nord-Ouest is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Nord-Ouest

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Conversion therapy in Nord-Ouest is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Some treatments are corrective rape on lesbians.
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Equal age of consent in Nord-Ouest

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Equal age of consent in Nord-Ouest is equal.

Current status
Equal
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