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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ 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
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in La Digue

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Homosexual activity in La Digue is legal.

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.
Details
Sources:
Wikepidia
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Same-sex marriage in La Digue

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Same-sex marriage in La Digue is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Gay marriage pending.
Details
Sources:
quora.com/How-many-countrie…
seychellesnewsagency.com/ar…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in La Digue

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in La Digue is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in La Digue is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
The law and practices do not allow for persons to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity. The option to identify as nonbinary, intersex, or gender-nonconforming was not available.
Details
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2022-coun…
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Gender-Affirming Care in La Digue

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Gender-Affirming Care in La Digue is legal.

Current status
Since 2001
Legal
In 2001, Seychelles adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in La Digue

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in La Digue is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
The option to identify as nonbinary, intersex, or gender-nonconforming is not available.
Details
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2022-coun…
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LGBT discrimination in La Digue

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LGBT discrimination in La Digue is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual Orientation in employment.

The National Anti-Bullying Policy and Strategy for Primary, Secondary Schools and Professional Centres (2018) includes specific sections referred to homophobic bullying (Section 2.1.2(iii), Section 2.2, paragraph 4, and Section 4.3).
Details
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2021051…//www.education.gov.sc/Downloads/Policies%20and%20Strategic%20Plans/Anti%20Bullying%20Policy%20and%20Strategy%2013-3-18.pdf
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LGBT employment discrimination in La Digue

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LGBT employment discrimination in La Digue is sexual orientation only.

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
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
staging.ilo.
org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/40108/90799/F1128259675/SYC40108.pdf
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LGBT housing discrimination in La Digue

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LGBT housing discrimination in La Digue is no protections.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2006
No protections
Details
Sources:
hrw.org/news/2018/06/12/rec…
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Same-sex adoption in La Digue

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Same-sex adoption in La Digue is single only.

Current status
Single only
Details
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Intersex infant surgery in La Digue

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Intersex infant surgery in La Digue is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in La Digue

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Serving openly in military in La Digue is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Trans people cannot serve in this country as of 2023 which is the unfortunate consensus on the African continent
Details
Sources:
insider.com/countries-that-…
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Blood donations by MSMs in La Digue

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Blood donations by MSMs in La Digue is legal.

Current status
Legal
Details
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Conversion therapy in La Digue

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Conversion therapy in La Digue is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…


state.gov/documents/organiz…
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Equal age of consent in La Digue

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Equal age of consent in La Digue is equal.

Current status
Equal
Details
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