The reality of the LGBTQIA+ Community in Morocco: Confronting Violence with the Hope of Resistance

This field report is a contribution by the collective Nassawiyat to documenting the realities experienced by LGBTQIA+ people in Morocco. Drawing on our collective engagement with issues of gender, sexuality, and social justice, we seek to highlight the suffering of LGBTQIA+ community members who face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence, ranging from verbal and psychological abuse to physical, social, and institutional harm. The report was published by Nassawiyat as part of its ongoing commitment to amplifying marginalized voices and advancing struggles for dignity, equality, and liberation in Morocco.

The violence experienced by LGBTQIA+ people is not limited to isolated individual acts. Rather, it is rooted in broader structural conditions sustained by legal, social, and cultural frameworks that fail to protect the rights of this community and instead contribute to its marginalization and exclusion. From our perspective as a collective, the causes of this violence can be understood through several interconnected pillars: homophobia, transphobia, racism, legal exclusion, social stigmatization, and the lack of awareness and education around sexual and gender diversity.

This report goes beyond documenting harm. It also offers a vision for transforming the reality of LGBTQIA+ communities in Morocco, grounded in our belief that comprehensive liberation is an essential step toward confronting violence, discrimination, and exclusion, and toward building a more just and inclusive society for all.