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Tunisia Índice de Viajes Gay 2026

10/100
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Puntuación = Legal 10/60 + Escena 0/40 = 10/100 · 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.

Seguridad legal · Legal milestones · La escena sobre el terreno · Preguntas frecuentes

⚠ Penalizado

Las relaciones entre personas del mismo sexo están penalizadas o activamente reprimidas aquí. Consulta las advertencias de viaje de tu gobierno antes de cualquier viaje; esta página es informativa, no una recomendación de viajar.

CriminalizaciónCriminalized
Unión legal● No not recognised
Antidiscriminación● No
Reconocimiento de géneroNot possible — no legal gender recognition
Aplicación en la prácticaActive enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue

Research note: Article 230 prosecutions, anal exams continue (HRW) — 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.

  1. 1913The French colonial Penal Code introduced Article 230, criminalizing sodomy with up to three years' imprisonment. ↗
  2. 2015Shams became Tunisia's first officially registered LGBT organization, even as six Kairouan students were jailed under Article 230. ↗
  3. 2016Human Rights Watch documented forced anal examinations and abuse of men arrested on homosexuality charges. ↗
  4. 2018A presidential commission on individual liberties formally recommended decriminalizing homosexuality, though parliament never acted on it. ↗
  5. 2019Lawyer Mounir Baatour became the first openly gay presidential candidate in Tunisia and the Arab world. ↗
  6. TodayArticle 230 remained in force and actively enforced, with arrests and anal examinations still reported. ↗

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

La escena sobre el terreno — 0/40 puntos

0
Locales LGBTQ+ listados
0
Bares gay
0
Saunas gay
0
Ciudades con escena
0
Marchas del Orgullo
0
Festivales de cine queer
Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)
Bares gay por millón0
Saunas por millón0
Eventos por millón0
Grado de cobertura—
Puntuación de escena0/40 (índice bruto de escena 0/100)

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Es Tunisia un destino seguro para viajeros gays?

Tunisia is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 10/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.

¿Es legal el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo en Tunisia?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Tunisia. Overall legal status: Criminalized.

¿Hay ambiente gay en Tunisia?

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