While consensual same-sex acts are legal in Haiti, SGM populations continue to experience serious discrimination, both socially and legally. The three most practiced religions in Haiti, Catholicism, Pentecostalism, and Islam, spur many Haitians to discriminate against LGBT populations. This resulted in widespread isolation of LGBT Haitians, which only worsened after the 2010 earthquake devastated many of their physical meeting spaces and scattered the already limited social groups. In addition, religious leaders following the earthquake blamed LGBT populations and other “sinners” for the disaster. Little progress has been made in the last decade to rebuild LGBT social spaces, and the leader of Haiti’s largest gay rights organization, Kouraj, was found dead last November.
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Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
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Civil Unions
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Joint Adoption
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Second Parent Adoption
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Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
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Broad Protections
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Criminalization of Violence
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Ban of Conversion Therapy
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Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
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Gender
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Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
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