The laws displayed for Laamu are the same as Maldives.
- 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
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Homosexual activity in Laamu is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Penalty from 100 lashes up to 8 years in prison (not enforced towards Travellers or Non Muslims)
Same-sex marriage in Laamu is not legal.
Current status
Not legal
Maldives does not recognize same-sex marriage or unions between same-sex couples.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Laamu is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Maldives, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Laamu is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Laamu is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Laamu is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
As well as heavy social attitudes towards lgbt.
LGBT employment discrimination in Laamu is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Laamu is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Laamu is single only.
Current status
Single only
Homosexuality is illegal. No laws outlawing adoption.
Serving openly in military in Laamu is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.
Conversion therapy in Laamu is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Maldives.
Equal age of consent in Laamu is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal there.
Equality Index ?
N/A
There is not enough information on Laamu for an Equality Index to be assigned. Please contribute LGBTQ+ rights information or survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in Laamu to help improve its accuracy.
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Alternative names: Haddumati, Hadhdhunmathi, Hadhunmathi, Laamu, Lâm