LGBT Rights in Khan Yunis
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History

Homosexual activity in Khan Yunis

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Homosexual activity in Khan Yunis is male illegal, female legal.

Current status
Since 1936
Male illegal, female legal
The criminalisation of homosexual activity in Gaza dates back to the British mandate. Section 152(2) of the British Mandate Criminal Code Ordinance 1936, which is still enforced in Gaza, criminalises ‘carnal knowledge against the order of nature’ with imprisonment of up to ten years. imprisonment.
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Same-sex marriage in Khan Yunis

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Same-sex marriage in Khan Yunis is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Khan Yunis

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Khan Yunis is unknown.

Current status
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Right to change legal gender in Khan Yunis

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Right to change legal gender in Khan Yunis 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 Khan Yunis

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Gender-affirming care in Khan Yunis is unknown.

Current status
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Khan Yunis

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Khan Yunis 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 Khan Yunis

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LGBT discrimination in Khan Yunis is unknown.

Current status
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LGBT employment discrimination in Khan Yunis

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LGBT employment discrimination in Khan Yunis is unknown.

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Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Khan Yunis

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LGBT housing discrimination in Khan Yunis is unknown.

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Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Khan Yunis

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Same-sex adoption in Khan Yunis is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Khan Yunis

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Intersex infant surgery in Khan Yunis is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Khan Yunis

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Serving openly in military in Khan Yunis is unknown.

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Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Khan Yunis

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Blood donations by MSMs in Khan Yunis is unknown.

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Conversion therapy in Khan Yunis

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Conversion therapy in Khan Yunis is unknown.

Current status
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Equal age of consent in Khan Yunis

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Equal age of consent in Khan Yunis is unknown.

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Unknown