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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Somaliland_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/220px-Somaliland_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Somaliland_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/330px-Somaliland_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Somaliland_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/440px-Somaliland_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="553" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Somaliland's controlled territory is in dark green and territory claimed in light green</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Criminalization_of_homosexuality" title="Criminalization of homosexuality">Status</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Illegal since 1941 (as <a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="British Somaliland Protectorate">British Somaliland Protectorate</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ILGA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Penalty</th><td class="infobox-data">Up to Death, vigilante executions, vigilante beatings, torture,<sup id="cite_ref-independent.co.uk_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 3 years imprisonment<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gender_identity" title="Gender identity">Gender identity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/LGBT_people_and_military_service" title="LGBT people and military service">Military</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Anti-discrimination_law" title="Anti-discrimination law">Discrimination protections</a></th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Family rights</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Template:Same-sex_unions" title="Template:Same-sex unions">Recognition of relationships</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No recognition of same-sex unions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption" title="Same-sex adoption">Adoption</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a> face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Somaliland has been a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>-majority nation with harsh societal rules. It is dangerous for LGBTQ people, who face up to the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">death penalty</a>. Besides, <a href="/wiki/Extrajudicial_killings" class="mw-redirect" title="Extrajudicial killings">extrajudicial killings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mob_lynching" class="mw-redirect" title="Mob lynching">mob lynching</a> is used as an instrument for punishing homosexuals. Somaliland does not recognize same-sex activity abroad. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_regarding_same-sex_sexual_activity">Law regarding same-sex sexual activity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Law regarding same-sex sexual activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italian_East_Africa">Italian East Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Italian East Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1940, Italy <a href="/wiki/Italian_conquest_of_British_Somaliland" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian conquest of British Somaliland">conquered</a> British Somaliland and annexed it into the <a href="/wiki/Italian_East_Africa" title="Italian East Africa">Italian East Africa</a>. While Italy did not have sodomy laws since 1890, the Fascist authorities still punished homosexuals. In 1941, the British reconquered British Somaliland and re-instated their sodomy laws.<sup id="cite_ref-ILGA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Somaliland">British Somaliland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: British Somaliland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to independence from the British, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Indian Penal Code of 1860</a> was applied in <a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-penal_code_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-penal_code-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Somali_Republic">Somali Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Somali Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964, a new penal code came into force in the <a href="/wiki/Somali_Republic" title="Somali Republic">Somali Republic</a>. The code states that "Whoever has carnal intercourse with a person of the same sex shall be punished, where the act does not constitute a more serious crime, with imprisonment from three months to three years. Where the act committed is an act of lust different from carnal intercourse, the punishment imposed shall be reduced by one-third. The code has since been abolished by the United Kingdom after seeing it as one of the most discriminating laws crafted by a former world power. The <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> has since then legalised <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">civil partnership</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">same-sex marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-penal_code_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-penal_code-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Somaliland">Somaliland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Somaliland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991, Somaliland <a href="/wiki/Somaliland_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Somaliland Declaration of Independence">declared</a> independence. Somaliland continues to apply the 1964 penal code in the country. The non-abolishment of the code is one of the reasons, noted by European scholars, why some advanced European countries won't recognize Somaliland independence.<sup id="cite_ref-ILGA_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILGA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are life threatening-events or death sentences in Somaliland and <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> for LGBTQ people.<sup id="cite_ref-independent.co.uk_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition_of_same-sex_relationships">Recognition of same-sex relationships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recognition of same-sex relationships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somaliland does not recognise <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domestic_partnership" title="Domestic partnership">domestic partnerships</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Civil_union" title="Civil union">civil unions</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_table">Summary table</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Summary table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>Same-sex sexual activity legal </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Punished with up to death, vigilante execution, beatings, and torture </td></tr> <tr> <td>Equal age of consent </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-discrimination laws in employment </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Same-sex marriage </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Recognition of same-sex couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Step-child adoption by same-sex couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joint adoption by same-sex couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Right to change legal gender </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Access to IVF for lesbians </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men" title="Men who have sex with men">MSMs</a> allowed to donate blood </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Somaliland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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