LGBTQ+ traveller context — Cambodia
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Editorial notice
This is general public-knowledge framing sourced from ILGA, FCDO and State Department public records. Legal status, social acceptance, and local enforcement change. Verify current status with ILGA World before planning travel.
Legal context — Cambodia
Legal status changes; verify with ILGA World's annual report before relying on this for travel decisions.
Same-sex sexual activity
Relationship recognition
Anti-discrimination protections
Gender identity — legal recognition
No legal pathway for gender recognition exists in Cambodia.
Context
Same-sex sexual activity is not criminalised in Cambodia, but there are no anti-discrimination protections and no legal relationship recognition. Social acceptance is limited outside Phnom Penh.
Same-sex relationships are legal and Phnom Penh has a small visible LGBTQ+ scene. Rural acceptance is more uneven. Marriage is not recognised — verify host-family briefing if traveling with a same-sex partner.
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