- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- 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 is legal.
Current status
Legal
No one lives there.
Same-sex marriage in Rakhine is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Not criminalized in Myanmar.
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.
Right to change legal gender in Rakhine is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nationwide.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Rakhine is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Rakhine is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual orientation discrimination protections through human rights institute.
LGBT employment discrimination in Rakhine is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute.
LGBT housing discrimination in Rakhine is no protections.
Current status
No protections
None exist.
Same-sex adoption in Rakhine is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Rakhine is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Rakhine is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Conversion therapy in Rakhine is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Not criminalized in Myanmar.
Equal age of consent in Rakhine is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent.
Legal Rights
70 / 100
This region's Equality Index is based on legal rights alone. Please submit survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in Rakhine to help improve its accuracy.
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Alternative names: Arakan