- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Djibouti is legal.
Current status
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal while publicly expression of sexual or gender identity is criminalized on moral ground laws.
Same-sex marriage in Djibouti is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
No laws in place for same sex marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Djibouti is state-enforced.
Current status
State-enforced
There are no restrictions on LGBT content, but the authorities of Djibouti prosecute the public display of same-sex sexual conduct under laws prohibiting attacks on “good morals".
Right to change legal gender in Djibouti is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Legal gender recognition, by which a government allows individuals to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity, is not available.
Gender-affirming care in Djibouti is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care is banned in Djibouti
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Djibouti is not legally recognized.
Current status
LGBT discrimination in Djibouti is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since2016
Illegal in some contexts
There is limited protecton based on sexual orientation.
Law No. 119/AN/15/7L establishing a Credit Information System protects sexual orientation as sensitive data.
According to the law, “Sensitive data” means "personal data that relate to the private sphere of a natural person and may give rise to discriminatory behaviour towards that person or expose him or her to serious risks. Such sensitive data includes, among others, racial or ethnic origin, political, philosophical or religious opinions or trade union membership, as well as information relating to a person’s sexual orientation or health."
Law No. 119/AN/15/7L establishing a Credit Information System protects sexual orientation as sensitive data.
According to the law, “Sensitive data” means "personal data that relate to the private sphere of a natural person and may give rise to discriminatory behaviour towards that person or expose him or her to serious risks. Such sensitive data includes, among others, racial or ethnic origin, political, philosophical or religious opinions or trade union membership, as well as information relating to a person’s sexual orientation or health."
LGBT employment discrimination in Djibouti is no protections.
Current status
LGBT housing discrimination in Djibouti is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Same-sex adoption in Djibouti is illegal.
Current status
Since Dec 23,2017
Illegal
While there is no laws criminalizing same sex couples, we have considered it to be illegal becouse there was never a successful adoption by an LGBTQ personnel in Djibouti.
Intersex infant surgery in Djibouti is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Djibouti is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Djibouti is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Sep 26,2011
Ambiguous
Usually legal according to the American Red Cross, but not legal for LGBTQ people in Djibouti.
Conversion therapy in Djibouti is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not banned for lgbtq personnel in Djibouti.
Equal age of consent in Djibouti is equal.
Current status
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Alternative names: Djibouti/Jibuti (local name)
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Consensual sexual activity between individuals of the same sex.
Marriage and marriage recognition between two people of the same biological sex and/or gender identity.
Censorship or prohibition of discussing, promoting, or teaching LGBTQ+ topics in media, schools, and in the general public.
Legal recognition of a change in gender by permitting a change on an individual's legal documentation.
Medical and psychological support designed to help individuals transition to the gender they identify with, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and surgeries.
Legal recognition of non-binary, genderqueer, or third gender identities.
Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.
Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity when applying for housing or discrimination by landlords / property owners.
The ability for same-sex couples to legally adopt a child.
Medical interventions performed on intersex infants to alter their genital appearance to conform to typical male or female standards, often without the informed consent of the child who is too young to participate in the decision-making process.
The ability for homosexuals to serve in the military and be open about their sexuality.
The ability for MSMs (men who have sex with men) to donate blood or tissue for organ transplants. A deferral period refers to a waiting time before a man can donate after having sex.
Legal status of conducting sexual orientation changing therapy ("ex-gay" therapy)
The difference between legal age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex.
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