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LGBT Rights in Jrada province

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

Public Opinion

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History

Homosexual activity in Jrada

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Homosexual activity in Jrada 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 Jrada

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Same-sex marriage in Jrada is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jrada

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jrada 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 Jrada

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Right to change legal gender in Jrada is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jrada

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jrada is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Jrada

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LGBT discrimination in Jrada 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 Jrada

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LGBT employment discrimination in Jrada is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Jrada

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LGBT housing discrimination in Jrada is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Jrada

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Same-sex adoption in Jrada is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Serving openly in military in Jrada

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Serving openly in military in Jrada is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Jrada

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

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

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Conversion therapy in Jrada is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Jrada

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Equal age of consent in Jrada is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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