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LGBT Rights in Morocco

    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A

According to recent survey data, there appears to be strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights in Morocco.

Morocco Surveys

Of Moroccans would not like to have homosexuals as neighbors

History

Homosexual activity in Morocco

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Homosexual activity in Morocco is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Nov 26, 1962
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Article 489 of the Penal Code punishes same sex behaviour by imprisonment of between 6 months and 3 years, and a fine of 200 to 1000 dirhams.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2009030…//www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf
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Nov 26, 1962–Sep 7, 2018
Male illegal, female legal
six months to 3 years in prison and fine. in the country if lesbians engage in sex it is widely accepted. Not enforced.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2009030…//www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf


hrw.org/video-photos/intera…


hrw.org/news/2018/06/12/fif…
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Until Jan 1, 1956
Ambiguous
Homosexuality was ambiguous in Morocco before 1956
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Same-sex marriage in Morocco

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Same-sex marriage in Morocco is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Morocco

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Morocco is state-enforced.

Current status
Since 2005
State-enforced
Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. Article 3 of the Decree Regulating the Right of Association prohibits associations from engaging in activities that, inter alia, “breach the laws or public morals” or “offend Islam”.
Further amendments were made by Decree No. 2?04?969 (2005), which include prohibitive provisions, such as capacities at start-up.
LGBT organisations are refused to register by the authorities.
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Right to change legal gender in Morocco

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Right to change legal gender in Morocco is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework to change one's gender marker.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Morocco

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Morocco is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary identities are not recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Morocco

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LGBT discrimination in Morocco is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Jan 1, 2010–Aug 5, 2018
No protections
Morocco just launched a gay magazine in 2010. The first gay Moroccan came out.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Morocco

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LGBT employment discrimination in Morocco is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Morocco

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LGBT housing discrimination in Morocco is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Morocco

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Same-sex adoption in Morocco is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Serving openly in military in Morocco

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Serving openly in military in Morocco is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Morocco

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Blood donations by MSMs in Morocco is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Due to homosexuality being illegal.
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Conversion therapy in Morocco

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Conversion therapy in Morocco is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
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Equal age of consent in Morocco

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Equal age of consent in Morocco is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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