- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✖ Illegal
- Adoption✖ Illegal
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment DiscriminationAmbiguous
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of ConsentAmbiguous
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Male illegal, female legal
six months to 3 Years in Prison under the revision of the criminal code. under the crime of homosexuality. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending.
Current status
(since Feb 16, 1974)
(since Feb 16, 1974)
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
According to Article 33 of the Omani Penal Code: "The following are deemed as disgracing crimes: [...] Homosexual and lesbian intercourses."
Article 223, "Homosexual and Lesbian Intercourses" states: "Any one who commits erotic acts with a person of the same sex shall be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to three years. The suspects of homosexual or lesbian intercourse shall be prosecuted without a prior complaint, if the act results in a public scandal. The suspects of lesbian intercourse among ascendants, descendants or sisters shall only be prosecuted upon a complaint from a relative or a relative by marriage forth-degree removed."
Article 223, "Homosexual and Lesbian Intercourses" states: "Any one who commits erotic acts with a person of the same sex shall be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to three years. The suspects of homosexual or lesbian intercourse shall be prosecuted without a prior complaint, if the act results in a public scandal. The suspects of lesbian intercourse among ascendants, descendants or sisters shall only be prosecuted upon a complaint from a relative or a relative by marriage forth-degree removed."
Current status
(since Nov 6, 1996)
(since Nov 6, 1996)
No protections
No
Current status
Legal
Unoffical don't ask don't tell. because of the discrimination.
Current status
Ambiguous
Homosexuality is illegal though. Marriage requirement.
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