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LGBT Rights in Ouest Department

The laws displayed for Ouest are the same as Haiti.
    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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Homosexual activity in Ouest

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Homosexual activity in Ouest is legal.

Current status
Since May 27, 1986
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Ouest

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Same-sex marriage in 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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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ouest

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in 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 Ouest

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

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2016
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ouest

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary options missing.
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LGBT discrimination in Ouest

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LGBT discrimination in Ouest is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 8, 1987
No protections
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LGBT employment discrimination in Ouest

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LGBT employment discrimination in 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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LGBT housing discrimination in Ouest

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LGBT housing discrimination in Ouest is no protections.

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

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Same-sex adoption in Ouest is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Ouest

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Serving openly in military in Ouest is n/a.

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

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Blood donations by MSMs in Ouest is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Ouest

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Conversion therapy in Ouest is not banned.

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

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Equal age of consent in Ouest is equal.

Current status
Equal
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