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- 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
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Homosexual activity in Rabat is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Nov 26, 1962
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.
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.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Rabat is state-enforced.
Current status
Since 2005
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.
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.
Right to change legal gender in Rabat is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Rabat is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT employment discrimination in Rabat is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Rabat is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Serving openly in military in Rabat is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Blood donations by MSMs in Rabat is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Due to homosexuality being illegal.
Conversion therapy in Rabat is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Equal age of consent in Rabat is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
Equality Index ?
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