Arta is governed by federal Djibouti law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Arta is legal.
Current status
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal while publicly expression of sexual or gender identity is criminalized on moral ground laws.
Same-sex marriage in Arta is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
No laws in place for same sex marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Arta is state-enforced.
Current status
State-enforced
There are no restrictions on LGBT content, but the authorities of Djibouti prosecute the public display of same-sex sexual conduct under laws prohibiting attacks on “good morals".
Right to change legal gender in Arta is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Legal gender recognition, by which a government allows individuals to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity, is not available.
Gender-affirming care in Arta is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care is banned in Djibouti
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Arta is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Not available.
LGBT discrimination in Arta is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since 2016
Illegal in some contexts
There is limited protecton based on sexual orientation.
Law No. 119/AN/15/7L establishing a Credit Information System protects sexual orientation as sensitive data.
According to the law, “Sensitive data” means "personal data that relate to the private sphere of a natural person and may give rise to discriminatory behaviour towards that person or expose him or her to serious risks. Such sensitive data includes, among others, racial or ethnic origin, political, philosophical or religious opinions or trade union membership, as well as information relating to a person’s sexual orientation or health."
Law No. 119/AN/15/7L establishing a Credit Information System protects sexual orientation as sensitive data.
According to the law, “Sensitive data” means "personal data that relate to the private sphere of a natural person and may give rise to discriminatory behaviour towards that person or expose him or her to serious risks. Such sensitive data includes, among others, racial or ethnic origin, political, philosophical or religious opinions or trade union membership, as well as information relating to a person’s sexual orientation or health."
LGBT employment discrimination in Arta is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Arta is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Arta is illegal.
Current status
Since Dec 23, 2017
Illegal
While there is no laws criminalizing same sex couples, we have considered it to be illegal becouse there was never a successful adoption by an LGBTQ personnel in Djibouti.
Serving openly in military in Arta is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Arta is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Sep 26, 2011
Ambiguous
Usually legal according to the American Red Cross, but not legal for LGBTQ people in Djibouti.
Conversion therapy in Arta is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not banned for lgbtq personnel in Djibouti.
Equal age of consent in Arta is equal.
Current status
Equal
Age of consent is 18.
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