• Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned

History

Homosexual activity in Angola

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Current status
(since Jan 24, 2019)
Legal
Legalized after an act of parliament
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buzzfeednews.com/article/ta…
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Sep 16, 1886–Jan 24, 2019
Illegal (other penalty)
Penalty unknown
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Sep 16, 1886–Sep 9, 2018
Legal
Homosexuality will become legal in 2020.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lgbt-rights-hrw.silk.co/
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Same-sex marriage in Angola

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Current status
(since Jan 24, 2019)
Unrecognized
Homosexuality was legalized on Jan 24th 2019, effectively changing the status of same sex unions
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
buzzfeednews.com/article/ta…
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Sep 16, 1886–Jan 24, 2019
Not legal
As homosexuality is illegal, same sex union is by default illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Sep 16, 1886–Sep 6, 2018
Unrecognized
No laws in place for gay unions or gay marriage.
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Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Angola

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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options on documents.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Same-sex adoption in Angola

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Current status
Single only
No restrictions there. no laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
archived.thisisafrica.me/do…
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LGBT discrimination in Angola

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Current status
(since Feb 21, 2013)
Illegal
A penal code change in 2013 made it illegal to discriminate according to sexual orientation and identity.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pgdlisboa.pt/leis/lei_mostr…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Angola

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2015)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the change of the Criminal Code.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Angola

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2015)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the change of the Angolan Criminal Code.
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Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Angola

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Current status
Legal
There no ban on service and with discrimination protections it makes it easy to serve.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Angola

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Current status
Equal
Will come into effect in 2020.
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Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Angola

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Angola

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Current status
Not banned
Only criminalized in South Africa.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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