The laws displayed for Baalbek-Hermel are the same as Lebanon.
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- 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
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Jul 12, 2018–-0001
Until Nov 30, -0001
History
Homosexual activity in Baalbek-Hermel is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
In Lebanon, homosexuality is met with up to 1 year in prison according to article 534 of the Lebanese Penal code
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Imprisonment of up to 1 year for sexual acts that go against the nature.
Jul 12, 2018–-0001
Legal
"Consensual sex between people of the same sex is not unlawful"
Until Nov 30, -0001
Legal
Hezbollah does not target LGBTQ within the country of Lebanon. Almost all kidnappings, terrorism or murder committed by Hezbollah is imposed internationally, not domestically. Hezbollah never targets foreigners out of fear that other nations may carry attacks on the group.
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.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Baalbek-Hermel is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
Many pro-LGBTQ protests and organizations exist in Lebanon
Right to change legal gender in Baalbek-Hermel is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since Jan 2016
Since Jan 2016
Legal, but requires surgery
As well as requiring gender reassignment surgery, they must also be unmarried and not have children.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Baalbek-Hermel is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No recognition
LGBT discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections from discrimination.
LGBT employment discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No discrimination protections in housing. Full housing discrimination protection pending.
Same-sex adoption in Baalbek-Hermel is legal.
Current status
Legal
No laws against same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Baalbek-Hermel is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
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.
Blood donations by MSMs in Baalbek-Hermel is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Sexual contact with another male, even once.
Conversion therapy in Baalbek-Hermel is ambiguous.
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