Bokèo is governed by federal Laos law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Ambiguous
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Bokèo is legal.
Current status
Legal under federal Laos law
Homosexual activity has never been illegal in Laos. The penal code for the current political system was not drafted until the 1990 (37 years after the country gained independence).
Same-sex marriage in Bokèo is banned.
Current status
Since Dec 24, 1990
Banned
The Family Law defines marriage to be a union between a man and a woman. Laos has not introduced any specific legislation around marriage equality for same-sex couples.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Bokèo is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Laos, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Bokèo is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Trans people are currently unable to change their legal gender in Laos.
Gender-affirming care in Bokèo is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
Laos does not provide for gender affirming surgery leaving trans Laotians to often go to Thailand for such care. Hormones however are available.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bokèo is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Laos does not legally recognize a non-binary gender.
LGBT discrimination in Bokèo is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since May 12, 2017
Illegal in some contexts
In Laos, there are limited protections based on sexual orientation.
In the Law on Electronic Data Protection (No. 25/NA), they explicitly list out sexual behavior under the Prohibited data category.
In the Law on Electronic Data Protection (No. 25/NA), they explicitly list out sexual behavior under the Prohibited data category.
LGBT employment discrimination in Bokèo is no protections.
Current status
No protections
In Laos, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from employment discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Bokèo is no protections.
Current status
No protections
In Laos, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from housing discrimination.
Same-sex adoption in Bokèo is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Dec 24, 1990
Ambiguous
The Lao family law states in article 38 that people who have "inappropriate behaviours" or those who have had their parental rights withdrawn may not adopt children. However, LGBT is not explicitly covered in the way this law is written so the result is ambiguous.
Intersex infant surgery in Bokèo is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Laos does not ban medical interventions performed on intersex infants
Serving openly in military in Bokèo is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2012
Legal
No laws restricting or allowing LGBTQ+ people to serve in the military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Bokèo is legal.
Current status
Legal
No laws resticting MSM to donate blood.
Conversion therapy in Bokèo is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Laos.
Equal age of consent in Bokèo is equal.
Current status
Equal
Age of consent set at 15 regardless of gender or sexual orientation
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