Chalatenango is governed by federal El Salvador law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal with restrictions
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Chalatenango is legal.
Current status
Since Jun 15, 1974
Legal
The penal code does not mention homosexuality explicitly and thus is assumed to be legal
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Chalatenango is state-enforced.
Current status
Since Feb 28, 2024
State-enforced
On February 28, 2024, the Minister of Education indicated that "any usage of gender ideology has been thrown out of public schools", which means it is no longer possible to teach about LGBT topics in schools.
Until Feb 28, 2024
No censorship
In El Salvador, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Chalatenango is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
El Salvador does not legally recognize non-binary identities.
LGBT discrimination in Chalatenango is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2009
Illegal in some contexts
The current legal measures against LGBT discrimination are only limited to the public administration.
Protection against LGBT discrimination in:
Health: Ministerial Agreement No. 202 (2009), Law 307 (2016).
Public empleoyment: Decree No. 56 (2010).
Clinical practice for students: Law 227 (2019)
Education: Law 431 (2022).
Hate crime law includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
Protection against LGBT discrimination in:
Health: Ministerial Agreement No. 202 (2009), Law 307 (2016).
Public empleoyment: Decree No. 56 (2010).
Clinical practice for students: Law 227 (2019)
Education: Law 431 (2022).
Hate crime law includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
Illegal in some contexts
The current legal measures against LGBT discrimination are only limited to the public administration.
Protection against LGBT discrimination in:
Health: Ministerial Agreement No. 202 (2009), Law 307 (2016).
Public empleoyment: Decree No. 56 (2010).
Clinical practice for students: Law 227 (2019)
Education: Law 431 (2022).
Protection against LGBT discrimination in:
Health: Ministerial Agreement No. 202 (2009), Law 307 (2016).
Public empleoyment: Decree No. 56 (2010).
Clinical practice for students: Law 227 (2019)
Education: Law 431 (2022).
LGBT employment discrimination in Chalatenango is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Illegal to discriminate on govt. offices, by presidential decree, but not punishable
LGBT housing discrimination in Chalatenango is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no legal protections against LGBT discrimination in housing.
Intersex infant surgery in Chalatenango is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Chalatenango is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Since Sep 1, 2018
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Legal for LGB but not for transgender
Blood donations by MSMs in Chalatenango is legal with restrictions.
Current status
Legal with restrictions
Gay and bisexual men are allowed to donate blood. Blood donation policy prohibits those who "engage in risky behaviours" from donating (people with multiple sex partners, for instance).
Conversion therapy in Chalatenango is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not banned
Equal age of consent in Chalatenango is equal.
Current status
Since Jun 15, 1974
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