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  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Bakool

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Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
3 months to 3 years. Not enforced.
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No
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Same-sex marriage in Bakool

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Current status
Unrecognized
No
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Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Bakool

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Current status
Illegal
Illegal under the criminal code.
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Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Bakool

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Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex adoption.
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No
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LGBT discrimination in Bakool

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Current status
No protections
No protections exist in Somaliland or Somalia.
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Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Bakool

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Current status
No protections
No discrimination protections.
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Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Bakool

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Current status
No protections
No protections in Somalia.
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Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Bakool

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Current status
Legal
It is legal nationwide. in Somalia as well as Somaliland.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Bakool

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Current status
Legal
Only in a few countries where donating blood is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Bakool

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Current status
Equal
Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Bakool

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Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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