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| Region | Venezuela |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Apr 30, 2012 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Sexual orientation is protected in various realms in Venezuela, including employment, banking, prohibition of incitement and housing. Comprehensive LGBT protections have been proposed in constitutional reforms or legislation several times but faced opposition on each attempt. Laws for LGBT protections have come and gone in the legislatures for at least two decades and progress has languished. In 2023, the national assembly approved the Draft Organic Law against all Types of Discrimination to the second stage of the legislative process and is undergoing a public consultation process. |
| Sources | https://oig.cepal.org/sites/default/files/2012_leyorgtrabajo_ven.pdf https://amerika21.de/files/a21/mietengesetz-venezuela.pdf https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/storage/documentos/leyes/ley-de-ref-20220117174750.pdf https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/storage/documentos/leyes/ley-constitucional-contra-el-odio-por-la-convivencia-pacifica-y-la-tolerancia-20220215163238.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/americas/03venezuela.html https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/politica/nueva-constitucion-podria-legalizar-matrimonio-gay-venezuela_251900/ https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/parlamento-aprueba-en-primera-discusion-proyecto-de-ley-organica-contra-todo-tipo-de-discriminacion |
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edited by PersianArchitecture. updating entry a bit more
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| Description | Sexual orientation is protected in various realms in Venezuela, including employment, banking, and housing. Comprehensive LGBT protections have been proposed in constitutional reforms or legislation several times but faced opposition on each attempt. No legislation for LGBT protections has entered any legislature for at at least two decades now, despite campaigning by activists. | Sexual orientation is protected in various realms in Venezuela, including employment, banking, prohibition of incitement and housing. Comprehensive LGBT protections have been proposed in constitutional reforms or legislation several times but faced opposition on each attempt. Laws for LGBT protections have come and gone in the legislatures for at least two decades and progress has languished. In 2023, the national assembly approved the Draft Organic Law against all Types of Discrimination to the second stage of the legislative process and is undergoing a public consultation process. |
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| Sources | https://oig.cepal.org/sites/default/files/2012_leyorgtrabajo_ven.pdf https://amerika21.de/files/a21/mietengesetz-venezuela.pdf https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/storage/documentos/leyes/ley-de-ref-20220117174750.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/americas/03venezuela.html https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/politica/nueva-constitucion-podria-legalizar-matrimonio-gay-venezuela_251900/ | https://oig.cepal.org/sites/default/files/2012_leyorgtrabajo_ven.pdf https://amerika21.de/files/a21/mietengesetz-venezuela.pdf https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/storage/documentos/leyes/ley-de-ref-20220117174750.pdf https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/storage/documentos/leyes/ley-constitucional-contra-el-odio-por-la-convivencia-pacifica-y-la-tolerancia-20220215163238.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/americas/03venezuela.html https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/politica/nueva-constitucion-podria-legalizar-matrimonio-gay-venezuela_251900/ https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/noticias/parlamento-aprueba-en-primera-discusion-proyecto-de-ley-organica-contra-todo-tipo-de-discriminacion |
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edited by PersianArchitecture. Discrimination protection situation in the country, and changing dead links
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| Description | Sexual orientation is protected from employment discrimination in the most recently passed law on labor in Venezuela. (Although it has been protected in some form or other since 1996) | Sexual orientation is protected in various realms in Venezuela, including employment, banking, and housing. Comprehensive LGBT protections have been proposed in constitutional reforms or legislation several times but faced opposition on each attempt. No legislation for LGBT protections has entered any legislature for at at least two decades now, despite campaigning by activists. |
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| Sources | http://www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DECRETO-LEY-ORGANICA-DEL-TRABAJO-ENVIADA.pdf | https://oig.cepal.org/sites/default/files/2012_leyorgtrabajo_ven.pdf https://amerika21.de/files/a21/mietengesetz-venezuela.pdf https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/storage/documentos/leyes/ley-de-ref-20220117174750.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/americas/03venezuela.html https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/politica/nueva-constitucion-podria-legalizar-matrimonio-gay-venezuela_251900/ |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Apr 30, 2012 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Sexual orientation is protected from employment discrimination in the most recently passed law on labor in Venezuela. (Although it has been protected in some form or other since 1996) |
| Sources | http://www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DECRETO-LEY-ORGANICA-DEL-TRABAJO-ENVIADA.pdf |
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- Status is not correct "This is discrimination same sex with a woman and a woman should be legal in Venezuela if they don't do this that is called discrimination"