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LGBT Rights in Laâyoune* province

The laws displayed for Laâyoune* 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 Laâyoune*

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Homosexual activity in Laâyoune* 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 Laâyoune*

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Same-sex marriage in Laâyoune* is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Laâyoune*

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Laâyoune* 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 Laâyoune*

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Right to change legal gender in Laâyoune* is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Laâyoune*

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Laâyoune* is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Laâyoune*

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LGBT discrimination in Laâyoune* 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 Laâyoune*

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LGBT employment discrimination in Laâyoune* is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Laâyoune*

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LGBT housing discrimination in Laâyoune* is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Laâyoune*

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Same-sex adoption in Laâyoune* is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Serving openly in military in Laâyoune*

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Serving openly in military in Laâyoune* is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Laâyoune*

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Blood donations by MSMs in Laâyoune* is legal.

Current status
Legal
Unknown.
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Conversion therapy in Laâyoune*

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Conversion therapy in Laâyoune* is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Laâyoune*

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Equal age of consent in Laâyoune* is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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