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| Region | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, LGBTQI+ appear to be expressly banned from FARDC military service in the main military status law, but open service is not clearly protected because DRC lacks explicit sexual-orientation and gender identity employment protections, and transgender service is especially uncertain due to the absence of legal gender recognition framework. |
| Sources | https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/national-practice/military-penal-code-2002-0 |
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| Description | In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, neither LGBTQI+ appear to be expressly banned from FARDC military service in the main military status law, but open service is not clearly protected because DRC lacks explicit sexual-orientation and gender identity employment protections, and transgender service is especially uncertain due to the absence of legal gender recognition framework. | In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, LGBTQI+ appear to be expressly banned from FARDC military service in the main military status law, but open service is not clearly protected because DRC lacks explicit sexual-orientation and gender identity employment protections, and transgender service is especially uncertain due to the absence of legal gender recognition framework. |
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| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Description | There is no law banning or restricting LGBTIQ+ people from serving the military in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, neither LGBTQI+ appear to be expressly banned from FARDC military service in the main military status law, but open service is not clearly protected because DRC lacks explicit sexual-orientation and gender identity employment protections, and transgender service is especially uncertain due to the absence of legal gender recognition framework. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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| Value | Illegal | Legal |
| Description | Not a single country in Africa allows trans military service | There is no law banning or restricting LGBTIQ+ people from serving the military in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
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| Sources | https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205 | https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/national-practice/military-penal-code-2002-0 |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205
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| Value | Legal | Illegal |
| Description | Missing discrimination protections. | Not a single country in Africa allows trans military service |
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| Sources | https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205 | |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
| Description | Complety legal however not possible to serve openly. | Missing discrimination protections. |
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| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Description | No | Complety legal however not possible to serve openly. |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Legal |
| Description | due to intense discrimination. | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Description | No | No |