LGBT Rights in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon

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Homosexuality: ⚢
✔ Legal
Gay Marriage: ⚭
✖ Unrecognized
Censorship: Ambiguous
Changing Gender: ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
Non-binary gender recognition: ✖ Not legally recognized
Discrimination: ✖ No protections
Employment Discrimination: ✖ No protections
Housing Discrimination: ✖ No protections
Adoption: ✖ Single only
Military: ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Donating Blood: ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion Therapy: ✖ Not banned
Age of Consent: N/A

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History

Homosexual activity in Baalbek-Hermel

Homosexual activity in Baalbek-Hermel is legal.

Current status

Legal

Currently, Lebanon does not have a law that clearly bans same-sex acts. However, Article 534 of the penal code prohibits sexual relations that “contradict the laws of nature” but has almost never been used to penalize homosexuality.

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Mar 1, 1943–Jan 28, 2014

Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)

Imprisonment of up to 1 year for sexual acts that go against the nature.

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Same-sex marriage in Baalbek-Hermel

Same-sex marriage in Baalbek-Hermel is unrecognized.

Current status

Unrecognized

Same-sex marriage is not currently legal in Lebanon. The country does not recognize same-sex marriage or any other form of legal partnership for same-sex couples. There have been some calls for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Lebanon, but the issue remains controversial and there has been no significant movement towards changing the current legal status of same-sex marriage in the country.

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Baalbek-Hermel

Censorship of LGBT Issues in Baalbek-Hermel is ambiguous.

Current status

Ambiguous

The Lebanese government has vowed to shut down LGBT organizations, while several films have been banned in the country for LGBT content. Although it is not explicitly illegal to promote homosexuality as many LGBT night clubs and bars exist in the country.

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Right to change legal gender in Baalbek-Hermel

Right to change legal gender in Baalbek-Hermel is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Jan 2016

Legal, but requires surgery

As well as requiring gender reassignment surgery, they must also be unmarried and not have children.

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Baalbek-Hermel

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

Current status

Not legally recognized

No recognition

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LGBT discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel

LGBT discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.

Current status

No protections

No protections from discrimination.

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LGBT employment discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel

LGBT employment discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.

Current status

No protections

No protections.

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LGBT housing discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel

LGBT housing discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.

Current status

No protections

No discrimination protections in housing. Full housing discrimination protection pending.

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Same-sex adoption in Baalbek-Hermel

Same-sex adoption in Baalbek-Hermel is single only.

Current status

Single only

Both married and single individuals may adopt in Lebanon. However, Lebanon does not recognize same-sex marriage.

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Serving openly in military in Baalbek-Hermel

Serving openly in military in Baalbek-Hermel is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since Mar 30, 2019

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

In 2019 a military tribunal acquited four personnel who accused of sodomy. The judge ruled that the law does not specify what acts are "contrary to nature". They were however dismissed from their posts.

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Blood donations by MSMs in Baalbek-Hermel

Blood donations by MSMs in Baalbek-Hermel is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status

Banned (indefinite deferral)

Sexual contact with another male, even once.

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Conversion therapy in Baalbek-Hermel

Conversion therapy in Baalbek-Hermel is not banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013

Not banned

Homosexuality was declassified as an illness in 2013.
The Lebanese Psychiatric Society, the Lebanese Psychological Association, other professional associations and NGOs have called for banning conversion therapy. To date, it is still legal.

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Equal age of consent in Baalbek-Hermel

Equal age of consent in Baalbek-Hermel is n/a.

Current status
Since 2013

N/A

Homosexuality is not legal in Lebanon as of 2023

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N/A

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