- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Female equal, male N/A
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Homosexual activity in Western Highlands is male illegal, female legal.
Men can receive 3 to 14 years of imprisonment under Criminal Code 1974. The legislation lists homosexuality under "Unnatural Offenses" and "Indecent Practices Between Males."
Same-sex marriage in Western Highlands is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Western Highlands is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Western Highlands is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Western Highlands is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Western Highlands is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Western Highlands is illegal in some contexts.
-National Public Service Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Policy (2013).
-Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for Project Implementers (2020) issued by the Climate Change and Development Authority.
-Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Policy (2023) issued by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
-Gender Equity and Social Inclusion Policy (2024) issued by the Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture.
-The Data Governance and Data Protection Policy (2024) issued by the DICT.
LGBT employment discrimination in Western Highlands is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Western Highlands is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Western Highlands is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Western Highlands is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Western Highlands is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Western Highlands is legal.
Conversion therapy in Western Highlands is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Western Highlands is female equal, male n/a.