- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭Unknown
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Awdal is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Current status
Since Jun 12, 2012
Illegal (death penalty as punishment) under federal Somalia law
The Provisional Constitution of Somalia (2012) upheld the preeminence of Sharia law. As such, the possibility of Sharia courts imposing the death penalty for individuals convicted of engaging in homosexual sex is possible.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Awdal is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Awdal is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Awdal is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized under federal Somalia law
There is no legal gender recognition provided to intersex or nonbinary people in Somalia.
LGBT employment discrimination in Awdal is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Awdal is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Awdal is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
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