Punishments for male to male relationships: No law
Female to Female Relationships: Legal
Age of consent: Equal for heterosexuals and homosexuals
Your Views
Are you LGBTI? We want to hear from you! Help us inform other users of the site with your views on this country. Below is a random question about this country. If it is relevant to you please answer it.
Has your sexual orientation affected your job in VENEZUELA? Do you feel limited in your career by your sexual orientation?
The majority of people visiting this site have said In too many ways to count
In too many ways to count
(44%)
I changed careers because of my sexual orientation
(11%)
I feel that I wasn’t promoted because I am lesbian or gay
(11%)
My co-workers harass me because of my sexual orientation
(0 %)
I have not been limited by my sexual orientation, though I am out at work
(33%)
The Your Stories section is all about you! Please take a minute to tell visitors of the ILGA website about what LGBTI life is like in reality. Please submit your personal story and share your experience!
This is only to let you know that since August,2nd. I have been appointed as Special Advisor on Sexual Diversity rights at the National Ombudsperson Office, in Venezuela. Formerly I was General Coordinator of Union Afirmativa(Affirmative Union), ngo devoted to promote compliance to international standards on lgbt human rights and the only one so far which has a response by the Venezuelan State on lgbt human rights in this country (it´s a ruling by the Supreme Court which states constitutional ban on sexual orientation discrimination).
This is only to let you know that since August,2nd. I have been appointed as Special Advisor on Sexual Diversity rights at the National Ombudsperson Office, in Venezuela. Formerly I was General Coordinator of Union Afirmativa(Affirmative Union), ngo devoted to promote compliance to international standards on lgbt human rights and the only one so far which has a response by the Venezuelan State on lgbt human rights in this country (it´s a ruling by the Supreme Court which states constitutional ban on sexual orientation discrimination).
