page_title: LGBT rights in the Maldives
hierarchical_section_title: LGBT rights in the Maldives
context_page_description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Maldives face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.
  The Maldives law criminalises homosexuality and prescribes criminal penalties for same-sex sexual conduct and relationships. The Penal Code of the Maldives works with Islamic Shariah Law to punish any acts relating to homosexuality through prison sentences, fines, and lashings. Despite this, homosexuality is rarely prosecuted but remains a social taboo where sexual orientation discrimination occurs frequently and those in the LGBT community are subject to hate crimes and other human rights violations.
context_section_description: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in  Maldives face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.
  The Maldives law criminalises homosexuality and prescribes criminal penalties for same-sex sexual conduct and relationships. The Penal Code of the Maldives works with Islamic Shariah Law to punish any acts relating to homosexuality through prison sentences, fines, and lashings. Despite this, homosexuality is rarely prosecuted but remains a social taboo where sexual orientation discrimination occurs frequently and those in the LGBT community are subject to hate crimes and other human rights violations.
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