- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Baalbek-Hermel is male illegal, female legal.
Same-sex marriage in Baalbek-Hermel is banned.
The country does not recognize same-sex marriage or any other form of legal partnership for same-sex couples.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Baalbek-Hermel is imprisonment as punishment.
The Lebanese government has vowed to shut down LGBT organizations, while several films have been banned in the country for LGBT content. Although it is not explicitly illegal to promote homosexuality as many LGBT night clubs and bars exist in the country.
Right to change legal gender in Baalbek-Hermel is legal, but requires surgery.
Gender-affirming care in Baalbek-Hermel is legal.
The main constraints are the lack of availability as trans Lebanese have to go through private institutions as the government does not offer such services. It is often quite costly with it only getting worse due to recent economic crises.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Baalbek-Hermel is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Baalbek-Hermel is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Baalbek-Hermel is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Baalbek-Hermel is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Baalbek-Hermel is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Baalbek-Hermel is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Baalbek-Hermel is not banned.
The Lebanese Psychiatric Society, the Lebanese Psychological Association, other professional associations and NGOs have called for banning conversion therapy. To date, it is still legal.