Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Republic of the Congo

Equality Index ?
8 / 100
35 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
48 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
12 / 100
22 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1972
Legal
Since 1940
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Banned
Since 1984
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2010
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2020
LGBT employment discriminationUnknownNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalUnknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLegal
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AUnequal
Since 1947
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