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LGBT Rights in Guelmim-Es Smar Region

Guelmim-Es Smar is governed by federal Morocco law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    Ambiguous
    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
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    N/A

Public Opinion

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History

Homosexual activity in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Homosexual activity in Guelmim-Es Smar is ambiguous.

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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Current status
Ambiguous
Homosexuality is ambiguous in Morocco
Sources:
www.wikimonde.fr
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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 Guelmim-Es Smar

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Same-sex marriage in Guelmim-Es Smar is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Guelmim-Es Smar 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 Guelmim-Es Smar

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Right to change legal gender in Guelmim-Es Smar is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Guelmim-Es Smar is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Guelmim-Es Smar

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LGBT discrimination in Guelmim-Es Smar 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 Guelmim-Es Smar

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LGBT employment discrimination in Guelmim-Es Smar is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Guelmim-Es Smar

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LGBT housing discrimination in Guelmim-Es Smar is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Same-sex adoption in Guelmim-Es Smar is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Serving openly in military in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Serving openly in military in Guelmim-Es Smar is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Blood donations by MSMs in Guelmim-Es Smar is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Due to homosexuality being illegal.
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Conversion therapy in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Conversion therapy in Guelmim-Es Smar is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Guelmim-Es Smar

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Equal age of consent in Guelmim-Es Smar is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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