LGBT Rights in Bethlehem
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History

Homosexual activity in Bethlehem

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Homosexual activity in Bethlehem is legal.

Current status
Legal
While criminalised in Gaza, the West Bank does not criminalise homosexuality.
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Same-sex marriage in Bethlehem

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Same-sex marriage in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Bethlehem

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Bethlehem is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
The PNA banned gatherings in support of LGBT issues in the West Bank and there are reports of censorship through detainment usually for actions such as posting on social media in support of lgbt rights.

Right to change legal gender in Bethlehem

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Right to change legal gender in Bethlehem is illegal.

Current status
Illegal under federal Palestine law
There are no legal means to change one’s gender in Palestine. The Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank do not permit for it and in practice, trans Palestinians in the Israeli occupied territories have no access, unlike trans Israelis, as a result of movement restrictions and general disregard for Palestinian human rights.

Gender-affirming care in Bethlehem

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Gender-affirming care in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bethlehem

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

Current status
Not legally recognized under federal Palestine law
There are no laws legally recognizing non-binary genders.
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LGBT discrimination in Bethlehem

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LGBT discrimination in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Bethlehem

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LGBT employment discrimination in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Bethlehem

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LGBT housing discrimination in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Bethlehem

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Same-sex adoption in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Bethlehem

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Intersex infant surgery in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Bethlehem

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Serving openly in military in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Bethlehem

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Blood donations by MSMs in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Bethlehem

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Conversion therapy in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Bethlehem

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Equal age of consent in Bethlehem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown