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- 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
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Homosexual activity in Thaa 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 Thaa 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 Thaa 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 Thaa is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Thaa is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Thaa 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 Thaa is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Thaa is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Thaa is single only.
Current status
Single only
Homosexuality is illegal. No laws outlawing adoption.
Serving openly in military in Thaa 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 Thaa 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 Thaa is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal there.