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LGBT Rights in Rakhine State

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Non-binary gender recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

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Homosexual activity in Rakhine

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Homosexual activity in Rakhine is legal.

Current status
Legal
No one lives there.
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Same-sex marriage in Rakhine

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Same-sex marriage in Rakhine is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Not criminalized in Myanmar.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Rakhine

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Rakhine is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Rakhine, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Rakhine

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Right to change legal gender in Rakhine is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Legal, no restrictions
Nationwide.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Rakhine

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

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Rakhine

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LGBT discrimination in Rakhine is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual orientation discrimination protections through human rights institute.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Rakhine

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LGBT employment discrimination in Rakhine is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Rakhine

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LGBT housing discrimination in Rakhine is no protections.

Current status
No protections
None exist.
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Same-sex adoption in Rakhine

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Same-sex adoption in Rakhine is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Rakhine

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Serving openly in military in Rakhine is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Nationwide.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Rakhine

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Blood donations by MSMs in Rakhine is legal.

Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
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Conversion therapy in Rakhine

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Conversion therapy in Rakhine is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Not criminalized in Myanmar.
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Equal age of consent in Rakhine

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Equal age of consent in Rakhine is equal.

Current status
Equal
Set age of consent.
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