Alif is governed by federal Maldives law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- 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
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Alif is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Penalty from 100 lashes up to 8 years in prison (not enforced towards Travellers or Non Muslims)
Same-sex marriage in Alif is banned.
Current status
Banned
Section 410 (a) (8) of Maldives penal code states: “A person commits an offense if two persons of the same sex enter into a marriage.”
Censorship of LGBT issues in Alif is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship under federal Maldives law
In Maldives, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Alif is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No laws in place to legally change one's gender.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Alif is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Alif is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
As well as heavy social attitudes towards lgbt.
LGBT employment discrimination in Alif is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Alif is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 6, 2017
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Alif is single only.
Current status
Single only
Homosexuality is illegal. No laws outlawing adoption.
Serving openly in military in Alif is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Impossible to serve openly but there is no law criminalizing lgbt serving.
Conversion therapy in Alif is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Maldives.
Equal age of consent in Alif is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal there.
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Alternative names: Alif Atoll Dhekunu, Ari Atholhu Uthuruburi, North Ari Atoll