Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is governed by federal Morocco law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    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
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Homosexual activity in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Nov 26, 1962
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Article 489 of the Penal Code punishes same sex behaviour by imprisonment of between 6 months and 3 years, and a fine of 200 to 1000 dirhams.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2009030…//www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf
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Until Jan 1, 1956
Ambiguous
Homosexuality was ambiguous in Morocco before 1956
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Same-sex marriage in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Same-sex marriage in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
There is no legal recognition of same-sex couples, but same-sex marriage is not banned
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is state-enforced.

Current status
Since 2005
State-enforced
Morocco has several censorship measures in place including LGBT media censorship. Article 3 of the Decree Regulating the Right of Association prohibits associations from engaging in activities that, inter alia, “breach the laws or public morals” or “offend Islam”.
Further amendments were made by Decree No. 2?04?969 (2005), which include prohibitive provisions, such as capacities at start-up.
LGBT organisations are refused to register by the authorities.

Right to change legal gender in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Right to change legal gender in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework to change one's gender marker.
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Gender-affirming care in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Gender-affirming care in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is legal.

Current status
Since 2000
Legal
In Morocco, medical gender transitions are framed by a circular issued by the Ministry of Health in 2016. This circular allows transgender people to access medical treatments such as hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery, under certain conditions and after obtaining the advice of several specialists. ICD-10 classification, containing codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, governs gender medical transitions in Morocco.

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary identities are not recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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LGBT discrimination in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Jan 1, 2010–Aug 5, 2018
No protections
Morocco just launched a gay magazine in 2010. The first gay Moroccan came out.

LGBT employment discrimination in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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LGBT employment discrimination in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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LGBT housing discrimination in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Same-sex adoption in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Intersex infant surgery in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Intersex infant surgery in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Morocco.
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Serving openly in military in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Serving openly in military in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Blood donations by MSMs in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Due to homosexuality being illegal.
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Conversion therapy in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Conversion therapy in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
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Equal age of consent in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

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Equal age of consent in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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