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LGBT Rights in Grand Casablanca Region

The laws displayed for Grand Casablanca are the same as Morocco.
    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Grand Casablanca

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Homosexual activity in Grand Casablanca 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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Same-sex marriage in Grand Casablanca

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Same-sex marriage in Grand Casablanca is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Grand Casablanca

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Grand Casablanca 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 Grand Casablanca

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Right to change legal gender in Grand Casablanca is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Grand Casablanca

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Grand Casablanca is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Grand Casablanca

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LGBT discrimination in Grand Casablanca 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 Grand Casablanca

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LGBT employment discrimination in Grand Casablanca is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Grand Casablanca

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LGBT housing discrimination in Grand Casablanca is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Grand Casablanca

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Same-sex adoption in Grand Casablanca is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Serving openly in military in Grand Casablanca

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Serving openly in military in Grand Casablanca is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Grand Casablanca

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Blood donations by MSMs in Grand Casablanca is legal.

Current status
Legal
Unknown.
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Conversion therapy in Grand Casablanca

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Conversion therapy in Grand Casablanca is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Grand Casablanca

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Equal age of consent in Grand Casablanca is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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