- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Public opinion in Maldives has shown a widespread rejection of LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting a critical situation for LGBTQ+ individuals, based on limited public opinion data in Maldives.
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Suggest Public Opinion DataHistory
Homosexual activity in Maldives is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Same-sex marriage in Maldives is not legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Maldives is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Maldives is ambiguous.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Maldives is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Maldives is no protections.
Since Mar 6, 2017
LGBT employment discrimination in Maldives is no protections.
Since Mar 6, 2017
LGBT housing discrimination in Maldives is no protections.
Since Mar 6, 2017
Same-sex adoption in Maldives is single only.
Serving openly in military in Maldives is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Maldives is legal.
Conversion therapy in Maldives is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Maldives is n/a.
LGBT Rights by administrative atoll
View the LGBT laws in each individual administrative atoll of Maldives.
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- Alif Dhaal ()
- Male (capital)
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