LGBT Rights in Jerusalem
Governorate

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History

Homosexual activity in Jerusalem

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Homosexual activity in Jerusalem is legal.

Current status

Same-sex marriage in Jerusalem

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Same-sex marriage in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Jerusalem

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem

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Right to change legal gender in Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem

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Gender-affirming care in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jerusalem

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem

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LGBT discrimination in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Jerusalem

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LGBT employment discrimination in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Jerusalem

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LGBT housing discrimination in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Jerusalem

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Same-sex adoption in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Jerusalem

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Intersex infant surgery in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Jerusalem

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Serving openly in military in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Jerusalem

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Blood donations by MSMs in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Jerusalem

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Conversion therapy in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Jerusalem

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Equal age of consent in Jerusalem is unknown.

Current status
Unknown