• Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    Illegal in some contexts
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Employment Discrimination
    Sexual orientation only
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned

History

Homosexual activity in Seychelles

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Current status
(since May 18, 2016)
Legal
The parliament was expected to consider the measure within few months. The Attorney General Ronny Govinden ruled out a referendum on the issue. The bill was approved on 18 May 2016.
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Sources:
Wikepidia
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Same-sex marriage in Seychelles

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Current status
Unrecognized
Gay marriage pending.
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Sources:
quora.com/How-many-countrie…
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Right to change legal gender in Seychelles

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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
one of the few countries that changes document to the persons gender.
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Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Seychelles

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Current status
Single only
No
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Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Seychelles

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Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual Orientation in employment only.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Seychelles

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2006)
No protections
No
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Sources:
hrw.org/news/2018/06/12/rec…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Seychelles

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Current status
(since 2006)
Sexual orientation only
See articles 2, 46A (1) and 46B of the Employment Act 1995, amended by Act 4 of 2006
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
staging.ilo.
org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/40108/90799/F1128259675/SYC40108.pdf
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Seychelles

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexua…
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Equal age of consent in Seychelles

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Current status
Equal
No
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Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Seychelles

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Seychelles

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Current status
Not banned
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…


state.gov/documents/organiz…
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