LGBT rights in Brunei
LGBT rights in Brunei  | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Same-sex sexual activity legal? | Male illegal, female illegal |
Penalty: | Homosexuality is illegal in Brunei and can be punished with death by stoning.[1] |
| Gender identity/expression | – |
Homosexuality is illegal in Brunei and can be punished with up to death. On 11 March 2015, a civil servant was fined $1000 Brunei Dollars or 60 days imprisonment for cross dressing under the Syariah Penal Code Order.[2]
Summary table
| Same-sex sexual activity legal |  (Penalty: Death penalty) |
| Equal age of consent | |
| Anti-discrimination laws in employment | |
| Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services | |
| Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) | |
| Same-sex marriage(s) | |
| Recognition of same-sex couples | |
| Both joint and step adoption by same-sex couples | |
| Gays allowed to serve in the military | |
| Right to change legal gender | |
| Commercial surrogacy | |
| Access to in-vitro fertilisation for lesbians | |
| MSMs allowed to donate blood[3] | |
| Automatic parenthood for both spouses after birth | |
See also
Notes
- ↑ http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/brunei-adopts-penal-code-provision-calling-death-stoning-same-sex-acts
- ↑ http://www.bt.com.bn/news-national/2015/03/11/bruneian-civil-servant-fined-1-000-cross-dressing
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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