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