Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Brčko District

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Homosexual activity in Brčko District is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 1991
Legal
Consensual homosexual intercourse between men has been decriminalized nationwide since 1991.
Details
Sources:
lgbti-era.org/countries/bos…
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Dec 1, 1918–Jan 1, 1930
Male illegal, female legal under federal Bosnia and Herzegovina law
In the first post-medieval Criminal Code of the Principality of Serbia, named "Kaznitelni zakon" (Law of Penalties), adopted in 1860, sexual intercourse "against the order of nature" between males became punishable by from 6 months' to 4 years' imprisonment. As typical for the time, homosexual relations between women were excluded. Serbian law was continued in Yugoslavia
Details
Sources:
uzzpro.gov.rs/doc/bibliotek…
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Aug 9, 1858–Jul 13, 1878
Legal under federal Bosnia and Herzegovina law
In 1858, the Ottoman Empire, then in control of Bosnia and Herzegovina, legalized same-sex intercourse.
Details
Sources:
teyit.org/osmanlida-escinse…
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Same-sex marriage in Brčko District

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Same-sex marriage in Brčko District is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Nov 4, 2007
Unrecognized
Article 4 of the Family Law of the Brčko District states: "Marriage is a legally regulated union of life between a woman and a man."
The BD Statute does not mention marriage.
Details
Sources:
advokat-prnjavorac.com/zako…
advokat-prnjavorac.com/zako…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Brčko District

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Brčko District is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
There are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/bosnia-an…
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Right to change legal gender in Brčko District

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Right to change legal gender in Brčko District is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Requires surgery.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/bosnia-an…
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Gender-affirming care in Brčko District

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Gender-affirming care in Brčko District is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Brčko District

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not recognised.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/bosnia-an…
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LGBT discrimination in Brčko District

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LGBT discrimination in Brčko District is illegal.

Current status
Since Sep 14, 2016
Illegal
Under federal law.
Details
Sources:
sluzbenilist.ba/page/akt/GZ…
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Aug 5, 2009–Sep 13, 2016
Illegal in some contexts
Under federal law.
Details
Sources:
portalfo1.pravosudje.ba/vst…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Brčko District

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LGBT employment discrimination in Brčko District is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Sep 14, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under federal law.
Details
Sources:
sluzbenilist.ba/page/akt/GZ…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Brčko District

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LGBT housing discrimination in Brčko District is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Sep 14, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under federal law.
Details
Sources:
sluzbenilist.ba/page/akt/GZ…
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Aug 5, 2009–Sep 13, 2016
Sexual orientation only
Under federal law.
Details
Sources:
portalfo1.pravosudje.ba/vst…
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Same-sex adoption in Brčko District

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Same-sex adoption in Brčko District is illegal.

Current status
Since Nov 4, 2007
Illegal
Family Law of Brčko District adopted on Jun 14, 2007 recognizes two categories of adoption: "incomplete adoption" and "full adoption". Both fully and partially can be adopted only by married partners without restrictions. With the existence of particularly justified reasons, both types of adoption can be provided to extramarital partners who have lived in the community for at least 5 years, while single people can only be granted incomplete adoption under the same justified reasons (Articles 86 and 87).
Details
Sources:
advokat-prnjavorac.com/zako…
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Intersex infant surgery in Brčko District

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Intersex infant surgery in Brčko District is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Brčko district.
Details
Sources:
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/…
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Serving openly in military in Brčko District

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Serving openly in military in Brčko District is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2006
Legal
Under federal law.
Details
Sources:
parlament.ba/law/DownloadDo…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Brčko District

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Blood donations by MSMs in Brčko District is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
According to the questionnaire, MSMs are classified as high-risk individuals who should never donate blood.
Details
Sources:
online.fliphtml5.com/kfcwh/…1
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Conversion therapy in Brčko District

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Conversion therapy in Brčko District is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not banned.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/bosnia-an…
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Equal age of consent in Brčko District

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Equal age of consent in Brčko District is equal.

Current status
Equal
Age of consent of 14 years is equal for everyone.
Details
Sources:
ohr.int/ohr-dept/legal/laws…
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