Current Version
| Region | Cape Verde |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Start Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Cape Verde, LGB people do not appear to be expressly banned from military service and consensual same-sex conduct has been legal since 1 March 2004. Transgender service remains more uncertain because gender identity is not expressly protected in employment law and Cape Verde lacks a clear legal gender-recognition framework. |
| Sources | https://fa.gov.cv/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bo_31-01-2020_12-Estatuto-dos-Militares.pdf https://stuff.coffeecode.net/www.loc.gov/law/help/criminal-laws-on-homosexuality/homosexuality-laws-in-african-nations.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cape-verde-knowledge-base-profile/cape-verde-knowledge-base-profile |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Start Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Cape Verde, LGB people do not appear to be expressly banned from military service and consensual same-sex conduct has been legal since 1 March 2004. Transgender service remains more uncertain because gender identity is not expressly protected in employment law and Cape Verde lacks a clear legal gender-recognition framework. |
| Sources | https://fa.gov.cv/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bo_31-01-2020_12-Estatuto-dos-Militares.pdf https://stuff.coffeecode.net/www.loc.gov/law/help/criminal-laws-on-homosexuality/homosexuality-laws-in-african-nations.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cape-verde-knowledge-base-profile/cape-verde-knowledge-base-profile |