LGBT Rights in Shan
State

    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Shan

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Homosexual activity in Shan is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since May 1, 1861
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) under federal Myanmar law
Section 377 of Myanmar's Penal Code states: "Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with transportation for life, or with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine."
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Same-sex marriage in Shan

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Same-sex marriage in Shan is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Shan

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Shan is state-enforced.

Current status
Since Jan 2020
State-enforced under federal Myanmar law
Since the 2020 coup, the government has been using the guise of anti terrorism laws to arrest LGBT activists and peaceful protesters.

Right to change legal gender in Shan

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Right to change legal gender in Shan is illegal.

Current status
Illegal under federal Myanmar law
Myanmar does not allow individuals to change the gender assigned to them at birth.
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Gender-affirming care in Shan

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Gender-affirming care in Shan is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Shan

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Shan is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Shan

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LGBT discrimination in Shan is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual orientation discrimination protection only through human rights institute.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Shan

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LGBT employment discrimination in Shan is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Shan

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LGBT housing discrimination in Shan is no protections.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1886
No protections
None exist.
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Same-sex adoption in Shan

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Same-sex adoption in Shan is single only.

Current status
Since Dec 28, 2016
Single only under federal Myanmar law
Adoption criteria in Myanmar only allows for married couples (same sex marriage is not recognised) or single people to adopt.
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Intersex infant surgery in Shan

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Intersex infant surgery in Shan is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Shan

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Serving openly in military in Shan is legal.

Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Shan

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Blood donations by MSMs in Shan is legal.

Current status
Legal under federal Myanmar law
MSMs are not mentioned in Myanmar's blood service's donor eligibility criteria.

Conversion therapy in Shan

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Conversion therapy in Shan is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Homosexuality is currently illegal nationwide.
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Equal age of consent in Shan

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Equal age of consent in Shan is equal.

Current status
Equal
under India criminal code.
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