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LGBT Rights in Al Anbar Province

The laws displayed for Al Anbar are the same as Iraq.
    Homosexuality
    Ambiguous
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
    Changing Gender
    Ambiguous
    Non-binary gender recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    Ambiguous
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History

Homosexual activity in Al Anbar

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Homosexual activity in Al Anbar is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Jul 19, 1969
Ambiguous
Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 401 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community.
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Same-sex marriage in Al Anbar

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Same-sex marriage in Al Anbar is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2003
Unrecognized
Same-sex relationships are not recognized in Iraq.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Al Anbar

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Al Anbar is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
Not known in Iraqi Kurdistan but LGBT people could be censored in Iraq under extensive public morality law namely , paragraph 215 , 220, 376, 401,402,403,404 and 408 of the Iraqi Penal code.
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Right to change legal gender in Al Anbar

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Right to change legal gender in Al Anbar is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown. Missing non binary options on documents.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Al Anbar

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Al Anbar is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Al Anbar

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LGBT discrimination in Al Anbar is no protections.

Current status
No protections
According to the United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, "[Iraq] law prohibits discrimination based on race, disability, or social status, but it does not address the problem of sexual orientation or gender identity. Societal discrimination in employment, occupation, and housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and unconventional appearance was common."
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LGBT employment discrimination in Al Anbar

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LGBT employment discrimination in Al Anbar is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There are no employment discrimination protection for LGBT people in Iraq.

According to the United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, "[Iraq] law prohibits discrimination based on race, disability, or social status, but it does not address the problem of sexual orientation or gender identity. Societal discrimination in employment, occupation, and housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and unconventional appearance was common."
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LGBT housing discrimination in Al Anbar

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LGBT housing discrimination in Al Anbar is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There are no housing discrimination protection for LGBT people in Iraq.

According to the United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, "[Iraq] law prohibits discrimination based on race, disability, or social status, but it does not address the problem of sexual orientation or gender identity. Societal discrimination in employment, occupation, and housing based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and unconventional appearance was common."
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Same-sex adoption in Al Anbar

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Same-sex adoption in Al Anbar is single only.

Current status
Single only
Only single because no other laws in place.
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Serving openly in military in Al Anbar

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Serving openly in military in Al Anbar is illegal.

Current status
Since 2007
Illegal
The Military penal law No. 19 2007 prohibits its men from engaging Homosexual acts.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Al Anbar

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Blood donations by MSMs in Al Anbar is banned (1-year deferral).

Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Under recent changes.
Sources:
www.militaryblood.dod.mil/Donors/can_i_donate.aspx
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Conversion therapy in Al Anbar

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Conversion therapy in Al Anbar is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Al Anbar

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Equal age of consent in Al Anbar is ambiguous.

Current status
Since 1969
Ambiguous
According to the Iraq Penal Code of 1969, the age of consent is 18, however, this only applies to heterosexual sex.
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Jan 1, 1969–Sep 7, 2018
Equal
Set age of Consent for heterosexual and lgbt people.
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