Jabal Loubnâne is governed by federal Lebanon law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    Ambiguous
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    Ambiguous
    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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History

Homosexual activity in Jabal Loubnâne

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Homosexual activity in Jabal Loubnâne is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 1943
Ambiguous
Note: Technically illegal, although enforcement is ambiguous.

Article 534 of the Lebanese Penal Code prohibits sexual relations that “contradict the laws of nature”.

While the law has been used to penalize homosexuality, it has been successfully challenged in court several times with defendants being acquitted. Several courts have also declined to prosecute.

Currently no national law has been passed to repeal Article 534, decriminalize homosexual activity, or clarify the position of the law.

Same-sex marriage in Jabal Loubnâne

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Same-sex marriage in Jabal Loubnâne is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Same-sex marriage is not currently legal in Lebanon. The country does not recognize same-sex marriage or any other form of legal partnership for same-sex couples. There have been some calls for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Lebanon, but the issue remains controversial and there has been no significant movement towards changing the current legal status of same-sex marriage in the country.
Sources:
Conjectural based on status of homosexual activity.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Jabal Loubnâne

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Jabal Loubnâne is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
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 Jabal Loubnâne

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Right to change legal gender in Jabal Loubnâne is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Jan 2016
Legal, but requires surgery
As well as requiring gender reassignment surgery, they must also be unmarried and not have children.
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Gender-affirming care in Jabal Loubnâne

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Gender-affirming care in Jabal Loubnâne is legal.

Current status
Since 2017
Legal
In 2017, Lebanon adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jabal Loubnâne

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jabal Loubnâne is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No recognition
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LGBT discrimination in Jabal Loubnâne

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LGBT discrimination in Jabal Loubnâne is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections from discrimination.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Jabal Loubnâne

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LGBT employment discrimination in Jabal Loubnâne is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Jabal Loubnâne

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LGBT housing discrimination in Jabal Loubnâne is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No discrimination protections in housing. Full housing discrimination protection pending.
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Same-sex adoption in Jabal Loubnâne

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Same-sex adoption in Jabal Loubnâne is single only.

Current status
Single only
Both married and single individuals may adopt in Lebanon. However, Lebanon does not recognize same-sex marriage.

Intersex infant surgery in Jabal Loubnâne

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Intersex infant surgery in Jabal Loubnâne is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Jabal Loubnâne

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Serving openly in military in Jabal Loubnâne is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since Mar 30, 2019
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
In 2019 a military tribunal acquited four personnel who accused of sodomy. The judge ruled that the law does not specify what acts are "contrary to nature". They were however dismissed from their posts.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Jabal Loubnâne

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Blood donations by MSMs in Jabal Loubnâne is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Sexual contact with another male, even once.
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Conversion therapy in Jabal Loubnâne

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Conversion therapy in Jabal Loubnâne is not banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013
Not banned
Homosexuality was declassified as an illness in 2013.
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.
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Equal age of consent in Jabal Loubnâne

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Equal age of consent in Jabal Loubnâne is n/a.

Current status
Since 2013
N/A
Homosexuality is not legal in Lebanon as of 2023
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