- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- 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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Same-sex marriage in Western Sahara is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Unknown.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Western Sahara is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Western Sahara, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Western Sahara is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Western Sahara is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Western Sahara is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Dosent have a functioning government. None exist in Morocco, Western Sahara, or in southern Sahara.
LGBT employment discrimination in Western Sahara is no protections.
Current status
No protections
no functioning government.
LGBT housing discrimination in Western Sahara is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there. as well there is no functioning government. No protections in western Sahara or in morocco.
Same-sex adoption in Western Sahara is single only.
Current status
Single only
they follow Morocco's laws. No other laws in place.
Serving openly in military in Western Sahara is legal.
Current status
Legal
Morroco controls a huge amount of the territory.
Blood donations by MSMs in Western Sahara is legal.
Current status
Legal
Conversion therapy in Western Sahara is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Equal age of consent in Western Sahara is equal.
Current status
Equal
The age of consent is 13 regardless of sexual orientation, although homosexuality is illegal.
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Alternative names: As-Sahrawiya (local name)