The laws displayed for Hims are the same as Syria.
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Homosexual activity in Hims is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Jun 22, 1949
Since Jun 22, 1949
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Homosexuality can be met up to 3 years in prison in Syria
Ambiguous
Imprisonment is almost never enforced by regime due to police corruption
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Hims is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
No laws prohibiting LGBTQ issues
Right to change legal gender in Hims is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since 1949
Since 1949
Legal, but requires surgery
Gender reassignment surgery is needed to change legal gender.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Hims is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary gender identities are not recognized in Syria.
LGBT discrimination in Hims is no protections.
Current status
Since Apr 25, 1964
Since Apr 25, 1964
No protections
In Syria, there are currently no laws in place to prevent discrimination against LGBT individuals. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Hims is no protections.
Current status
Since Apr 25, 1964
Since Apr 25, 1964
No protections
In Syria, there are currently no laws in place to prevent discrimination against LGBT individuals. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal.
LGBT housing discrimination in Hims is no protections.
Current status
Since Apr 25, 1964
Since Apr 25, 1964
No protections
In Syria, there are currently no laws in place to prevent discrimination against LGBT individuals. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal.
Same-sex adoption in Hims is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Unfortunately Syria’s ban on homosexuality bans other laws such as adoptions as well
Serving openly in military in Hims is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Homosexuality is illegal in Syria, but no laws specify homosexuality as a dishonorable discharge or prohibition from military service.
Blood donations by MSMs in Hims is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
LGBT is illegal in Syria and thus blood donations are as well
Conversion therapy in Hims is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not Banned .
Equal age of consent in Hims is equal.
Current status
Equal
Equal age of consent
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Alternative names: Hims, Homs