Xékong is governed by federal Laos law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Ambiguous
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Xékong is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Nov 29, 1990
Unrecognized
Article 1 of the marriage law defines marriage to be a union between a man and a woman. Laos has not introduced any specific legislation around marriage equality for same-sex couples.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Xékong is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Laos, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Xékong is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Laos does not legally recognize a non-binary gender.
LGBT discrimination in Xékong is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 22, 1953
No protections
The constitution does not explicitly cover sexual orientations and gender identities in protection against discrimination
LGBT employment discrimination in Xékong is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 22, 1953
No protections
No information on this.
LGBT housing discrimination in Xékong is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 22, 1953
No protections
They have no protections in laos.
Same-sex adoption in Xékong is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Dec 24, 1990
Ambiguous
The Lao family law states in article 38 that people who have "inappropriate behaviours" or those who have had their parental rights withdrawn may not adopt children. However, LGBT is not explicitly covered in the way this law is written so the result is ambiguous.
Intersex infant surgery in Xékong is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Xékong is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2012
Ambiguous
No laws restricting or allowing MSM to donate blood.
Blood donations by MSMs in Xékong is legal.
Current status
Legal
No laws resticting MSM to donate blood.
Conversion therapy in Xékong is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Laos.
Equal age of consent in Xékong is equal.
Current status
Equal
No laws have ever existed for this.
Legal Rights
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