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LGBT Rights in Moulay Yacoub

The laws displayed for Moulay Yacoub 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 Moulay Yacoub

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Homosexual activity in Moulay Yacoub 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 Moulay Yacoub

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Same-sex marriage in Moulay Yacoub is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Moulay Yacoub

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Moulay Yacoub 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 Moulay Yacoub

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Right to change legal gender in Moulay Yacoub is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Moulay Yacoub

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Moulay Yacoub is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Moulay Yacoub

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LGBT discrimination in Moulay Yacoub 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 Moulay Yacoub

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LGBT employment discrimination in Moulay Yacoub is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Moulay Yacoub

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LGBT housing discrimination in Moulay Yacoub is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Moulay Yacoub

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Same-sex adoption in Moulay Yacoub is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Serving openly in military in Moulay Yacoub

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Serving openly in military in Moulay Yacoub is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Moulay Yacoub

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Blood donations by MSMs in Moulay Yacoub is legal.

Current status
Legal
Unknown.
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Conversion therapy in Moulay Yacoub

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Conversion therapy in Moulay Yacoub is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Moulay Yacoub

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Equal age of consent in Moulay Yacoub is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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