Islas de la Bahía is governed by federal Honduras law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Islas de la Bahía

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Homosexual activity in Islas de la Bahía is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 12, 1985
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Islas de la Bahía

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Same-sex marriage in Islas de la Bahía is banned.

Current status
Since May 4, 2005
Banned
The 2005 constitution explicitly prohibits the marriage or union between two people of the same sex
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Islas de la Bahía

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Islas de la Bahía is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Honduras, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Islas de la Bahía

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Right to change legal gender in Islas de la Bahía is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Transgender people have not been legally recognized. In 2019, five LGBTI rights defenders filed an unconstitutional appeal against the National Registry of Persons Act on the grounds that there is no procedure for them to request or effect a name change in accordance with their perceived identity.

The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Islas de la Bahía

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Islas de la Bahía is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No non-binary options on documents.
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LGBT discrimination in Islas de la Bahía

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LGBT discrimination in Islas de la Bahía is illegal.

Current status
Since Feb 22, 2013
Illegal
Article 321 of the penal code was amended to protect LGBT individual from discrimination. Implementation of this law however has not yet been found.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Islas de la Bahía

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LGBT employment discrimination in Islas de la Bahía is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Feb 22, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under hundras criminal code.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Islas de la Bahía

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LGBT housing discrimination in Islas de la Bahía is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Feb 22, 2017
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the Honduras Criminal Code.
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Same-sex adoption in Islas de la Bahía

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Same-sex adoption in Islas de la Bahía is single only.

Current status
Since Dec 19, 2017
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Islas de la Bahía

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Serving openly in military in Islas de la Bahía is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
No known restrictions for anyone regardless of sexual orientation
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Blood donations by MSMs in Islas de la Bahía

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Blood donations by MSMs in Islas de la Bahía is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Hondurans and foreigners are not allowed to donate blood, LGBTQ+ people too.
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Conversion therapy in Islas de la Bahía

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Conversion therapy in Islas de la Bahía is not banned.

Current status
Since Apr 20, 2016
Not banned
Conversion therapy ban pending.
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Equal age of consent in Islas de la Bahía

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Equal age of consent in Islas de la Bahía is equal.

Current status
Equal
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