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BANGLADESH

Male to Male relationships: Not Legal
Punishments for male to male relationships: Imprisonment of 10 years or more
Female to Female Relationships: Not Legal
Marriage and Substitutes for Marriage: No law

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Has being trans affected your job in BANGLADESH? Do you feel limited in your career for being trans?

The majority of people visiting this site have said In too many ways to count

In too many ways to count (100%) I changed careers because I am trans (0 %) I feel that I wasn’t promoted because I am trans (0 %) My co-workers harass me because I am trans (0 %) I have not been limited for being trans, though I am out at work (0 %)

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(user currently living in THAILAND) posted for lesbian readers on 13/04/2010 +5
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Dear ILGA,
I am deeply shocked when i found on this website (http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/BANGLADESH/Law) that the female to female relation is legal in Bangladesh. I am a lesbian from Bangladesh and presently residing in Thailand. I lived in Bangladesh for more then 28 years and as an lesbian i can safely say the Bangladesh's Law do not approve same sex relationship.Then why ILGA stated that female to female relationship is legal.Please do reply.

For Reference "Under Section 377 of the civil penal code, homosexual sex acts are crimes punishable with deportation, fines and/or up to 10 years in jail, though some people have also received life imprisonment. The national law itself is rarely enforced, but there have been incidents of harassment by vigilante groups and the issuance of local fatwas against the LGBT community. In certain situations, Sharia law also influences the sentences imposed for same-sex relations".
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(user currently living in THAILAND) posted for lesbian readers on 13/04/2010 +5
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Dear ILGA,
I am deeply shocked when i found on this website (http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/BANGLADESH/Law) that the female to female relation is legal in Bangladesh. I am a lesbian from Bangladesh and presently residing in Thailand. I lived in Bangladesh for more then 28 years and as an lesbian i can safely say the Bangladesh's Law do not approve same sex relationship.Then why ILGA stated that female to female relationship is legal.Please do reply.

For Reference "Under Section 377 of the civil penal code, homosexual sex acts are crimes punishable with deportation, fines and/or up to 10 years in jail, though some people have also received life imprisonment. The national law itself is rarely enforced, but there have been incidents of harassment by vigilante groups and the issuance of local fatwas against the LGBT community. In certain situations, Sharia law also influences the sentences imposed for same-sex relations".
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