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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Intersex only
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✖ No protections
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Bathroom Access
- ✔ No explicit protections
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Flacq is legal.
Current status
Since Oct 4, 2023
Legal
Five members of the LGBT community won their case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. In an initial verdict by Justices David Chan Kan Cheong and Karuna Devi Gunesh-Balaghee, they ruled that section 250(1) of the Penal Code, which seeks to criminalise sodomy, is discriminatory and unconstitutional. This, insofar as it prohibits consensual sodomy between consenting male adults.
Same-sex marriage in Flacq is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
The Civil Status Act (1981) does not expressly forbid same-sex marriages.
The Domestic Abuse Act 2026 recognizes same-sex couples. Section 2 of the law introduces the concept of “adult interdependent relationship” which means "a committed and mutually supportive relationship between 2 adults, whether or not of the opposite sex, characterised by emotional and economic interdependence."
The Domestic Abuse Act 2026 recognizes same-sex couples. Section 2 of the law introduces the concept of “adult interdependent relationship” which means "a committed and mutually supportive relationship between 2 adults, whether or not of the opposite sex, characterised by emotional and economic interdependence."
Censorship of LGBT issues in Flacq is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Mauritius, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Gender-affirming care in Flacq is legal.
Current status
Legal
Gender-affirming healthcare is legal in Mauritius but is in practice limited to trans Mauritians due to a lack of recognition and costs.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Flacq is intersex only.
Hate crime protections in Flacq is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Mauritius does not provide hate crime protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBT discrimination in Flacq is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2012
LGBT employment discrimination in Flacq is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2012
LGBT housing discrimination in Flacq is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2012
Same-sex adoption in Flacq is single only.
Current status
Single only
According to a 2006 report, adoptive parents may be either single or married. LGBT persons are not specifically disqualified. According to the ILGA, both joint and stepchild adoption by same-sex couples are not legal.
Intersex infant surgery in Flacq is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Surgery on intersex infants is legal in Mauritius but not reported.
Serving openly in military in Flacq is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Since Feb 2, 2009
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Since 2 February 2009, Mauritius’ Employment Rights Act 2008 has prohibited employment discrimination based on sexual orientation; accordingly, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people are not legally barred from serving openly in the Mauritius Police Force on that basis. Transgender people can not serve openly due to legal gender recognition not being available for them.
Blood donations by MSMs in Flacq is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
The National Blood Transfusion Service disqualifies men who have at any point had sexual contact with another man.
Bathroom access in Flacq is no explicit protections.
Current status
No explicit protections
In Mauritius, there is no restrictions or protections for trans people acess to the bathroom of their gender identity rather than their assigned sex at birth.
Conversion therapy in Flacq is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Mauritius law
Conversion therapy is legal in Mauritius but not widely practiced.
Equal age of consent in Flacq is equal.
Current status
Since Oct 4, 2023
Equal
Age of consent in Mauritius is 16 regardless of sexual orientation.
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