LGBT rights in the State of Palestine
Homosexuality in the Palestinian territories is considered a taboo subject; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people experience persecution and violence. There is a significant legal divide between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with the former having more progressive laws and the latter having more conservative laws. Shortly after the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank in 1950, same-sex acts were decriminalized across the territory with the adoption of the Jordanian Penal Code of 1951. In the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip and under Hamas' rule, however, no such initiative was implemented.
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Map of the two Palestinian territories, highlighted in green: the West Bank (right) and the Gaza Strip (left) | |
| Status | Mixed legality:
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| Recognition of relationships | No recognition of same-sex couples |
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