Palestine — West Bank — Indice du Voyage Gay 2026

Name: Palestine — West Bank — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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28/100

Risque élevé #136 of 207

Score = Juridique 28/60 + Scène 0/40 = 28/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 7 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Sécurité juridique · Legal milestones · La scène sur place · Questions fréquentes

⚠ Criminalisé

Les relations entre personnes de même sexe sont criminalisées ou activement réprimées ici. Consultez les conseils aux voyageurs de votre gouvernement avant tout voyage ; cette page est informative et ne constitue pas une recommandation de voyage.

Sécurité juridique — 28/60 points

Criminalisation	Legal, unprotected
Partenariat	● Non not recognised
Anti-discrimination	● Non
Reconnaissance du genre	Not possible — no legal gender recognition
Application dans les faits	Active enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue

Research note: no recognition; PA banned alQaws activities 2019, police harassment and arrests documented — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

1936The British Mandate Criminal Code criminalized sexual acts between men throughout the territory. ↗
1951The Jordanian Penal Code replaced the Mandate code and contained no prohibition on same-sex acts, effectively decriminalizing male homosexuality. ↗
2019The Palestinian Authority banned activities of the LGBTQ group alQaws as harmful to societal values; the ban was withdrawn after backlash. ↗
TodaySame-sex activity remained legal with an equal age of consent, but no relationship recognition or anti-discrimination protections existed. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

La scène sur place — 0/40 points

Lieux LGBTQ+ répertoriés

Bars gay

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Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Bars gay par million	—
Saunas par million	—
Événements par million	—
Niveau de couverture	—
Score de la scène	0/40 (indice brut de la scène 0/100)

Questions fréquentes

Palestine — West Bank est-il une destination sûre pour les voyageurs gays ?

Palestine — West Bank is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 28/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.

Le mariage entre personnes de même sexe est-il légal en Palestine — West Bank ?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Palestine — West Bank. Overall legal status: Legal, unprotected.

Y a-t-il une scène gay en Palestine — West Bank ?

GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Palestine — West Bank, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.