LGBT Rights in Phnom Penh Autonomous Municipality

Phnom Penh is governed by federal Cambodia law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    Varies by Region
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    Ambiguous
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Phnom Penh

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Homosexual activity in Phnom Penh is legal.

Current status
Legal
There are not any laws in Cambodia criminalizing gay and lesbian sex.
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Same-sex marriage in Phnom Penh

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Same-sex marriage in Phnom Penh is varies by region.

Current status
Since Jan 2021
Varies by Region
Cambodian national law does not recognize same sex marriage. Some provinces have begun recognizing lesbian partnerships as marriages. As of June 2021, same sex relationship recognition offering limited legal rights known as "declaration of family relationship" was available in 68 Communes.
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Until Feb 28, 2018
Ambiguous
Civil unions under family partnership.One same sex couple has got married.

Censorship of LGBT issues in Phnom Penh

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Phnom Penh is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Cambodia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Phnom Penh

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Right to change legal gender in Phnom Penh is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no legal path to change your gender in Cambodia.

Gender-affirming care in Phnom Penh

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Gender-affirming care in Phnom Penh is legal.

Current status
Legal
Gender-Affirming Care in Cambodia is legal
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Phnom Penh

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Phnom Penh is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
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LGBT discrimination in Phnom Penh

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LGBT discrimination in Phnom Penh is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Despite Cambodia not decriminalizing homosexuality,it has no protection laws either
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LGBT employment discrimination in Phnom Penh

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LGBT employment discrimination in Phnom Penh is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Phnom Penh

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LGBT housing discrimination in Phnom Penh is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Not in Constitution.
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Same-sex adoption in Phnom Penh

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Same-sex adoption in Phnom Penh is ambiguous.

Current status
Since 2012
Ambiguous
Cambodia no longer bans gay foreign couples from adopting. It is unclear if gay and lesbian Cambodian citizens can adopt.
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Ambiguous
Cambodia banned adoption by gay and lesbian foreigners. It is unclear if gay and lesbian Cambodians could adopt.
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Intersex infant surgery in Phnom Penh

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Intersex infant surgery in Phnom Penh is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in Cambodia.
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Serving openly in military in Phnom Penh

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Serving openly in military in Phnom Penh is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
The only Asian country that allows trans service is Thailand. This is unlikely to happen to Cambodia in the near future
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Blood donations by MSMs in Phnom Penh

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Blood donations by MSMs in Phnom Penh is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Phnom Penh

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Conversion therapy in Phnom Penh is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Phnom Penh

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Equal age of consent in Phnom Penh is equal.

Current status
Equal
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