Homosexuality in the Dominican Republic

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Geographical location of the Dominican Republic

Homosexuality in the Dominican Republic is widely accepted socially.

legality

Homosexual acts are legal in the Dominican Republic . The age of consent is uniformly 18 years. There are no anti-discrimination laws to protect sexual identity .

Recognition of same-sex couples

State recognition has not yet taken place in the form of same-sex marriage or in the form of a registered partnership .

Social situation

A homosexual community can be found mainly in the capital Santo Domingo .

In 2013, the openly gay Wally Brewster took office as the new US ambassador to the Dominican Republic. This resulted in protests and verbal attacks on the part of Catholics and Evangelicals . Commenting on Brewster's mission, Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez said: "Are we going from fagots and lesbians to chickens?"

In Voodoo , which, unlike in neighboring Haiti, forms a religious minority , all sexual orientations, including the practiced homosexuality, are equal .

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  1. ↑ Gay US ambassador as an affront , taz of December 2, 2013
  2. ↑ Irene Monroe: The Roots of Voodoo's Acceptance of Gays . Huffington Post , November 2, 2011