- 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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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."
of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine."
Same-sex marriage in Shan is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
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.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Shan is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Shan is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Illegal in some contexts
Sexual orientation discrimination protection only through human rights institute.
LGBT employment discrimination in Shan is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Sexual orientation discrimination protection through human rights institute.
LGBT housing discrimination in Shan is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1886
No protections
None exist.
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.
Serving openly in military in Shan is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
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 is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Homosexuality is currently illegal nationwide.
Equal age of consent in Shan is equal.
Current status
Equal
under India criminal code.
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