- 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 Bakool 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 Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bakool 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 Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
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