LGBT rights in Honduras | |
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Status | Legal since 1899 |
Gender identity | No |
Military | No |
Discrimination protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity protections (see below) |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | None |
Restrictions | Same-sex marriage and de facto unions prohibited by Constitution |
Adoption | Prohibited by Constitution |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Honduras face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female types of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Honduras.[1]
Same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples. Same-sex marriages, de facto unions and adoption by same-sex couples have been constitutionally banned since 2005.
Similarly to neighbouring El Salvador, LGBT people face high rates of violence and homicide. 264 LGBT people, of whom approximately half were gay men, were murdered in the country between 2009 and 2017.[2]