- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Bakool is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
3 months to 3 years. Not enforced.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bakool is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bakool, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Bakool is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Illegal under the criminal code.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bakool is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Bakool is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections exist in Somaliland or Somalia.
LGBT employment discrimination in Bakool is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No discrimination protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Bakool is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections in Somalia.
Same-sex adoption in Bakool is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex adoption.
Serving openly in military in Bakool is legal.
Current status
Legal
It is legal nationwide. in Somalia as well as Somaliland.
Blood donations by MSMs in Bakool is legal.
Current status
Legal
Only in a few countries where donating blood is illegal.
Conversion therapy in Bakool is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Equal age of consent in Bakool is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent but homosexuality is illegal.
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