- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Būr Sa`īd is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
There were also reports of police officers assaulting LGBTQIA people and "forcibly soliciting bribes to avoid arrest, and forcing them to provide information concerning other LGBTQI+ individuals.".
Furthermore, there are several reports of police using dating apps like Grindr or Tinder to lure LGB people into arrest on charges of debauchery or prostitution.
Same-sex marriage in Būr Sa`īd is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Būr Sa`īd is imprisonment as punishment.
The Penal Code of 1937 contains Article 178 of Law No. 58 which punishes anyone who trades or distributes material that are deemed "in violation of public morals" with imprisonment. This has been consistently used against LGBTIQ+ people especially since 2013.
Right to change legal gender in Būr Sa`īd is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Būr Sa`īd is banned.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Būr Sa`īd is not legally recognized.
Any gender beyond the binary cisgender model is officially treated as an illness.
LGBT discrimination in Būr Sa`īd is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Būr Sa`īd is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Būr Sa`īd is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Būr Sa`īd is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Būr Sa`īd is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Būr Sa`īd is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Būr Sa`īd is legal.
Conversion therapy in Būr Sa`īd is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Būr Sa`īd is n/a.