LGBT rights in Brunei
LGBT rights in Brunei ![]() | |
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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 | ![]() |
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
- ↑ http://www.sanquin.nl/bloed-geven/bloeddonor-worden/aanmeldingsprocedure/bloed-wordt-getest/hiv/risicofactoren-mannen/
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