- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
Public Opinion
Public opinion polls in particular regions of Burkina Faso have found that homophobic beliefs persist.
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Homosexual activity in Burkina Faso is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Burkina Faso is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Burkina Faso is state-enforced.
Right to change legal gender in Burkina Faso is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Burkina Faso is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Burkina Faso is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Burkina Faso is illegal in some contexts.
Section IV.1 of Decree 2019-0237/PRES-PM/MFPTPS/MDENP on the Adoption of the system for recording and processing complaints and suggestions from users of ministries and institution, reads: "Complaints will relate to the manner in which the user was received and the behavior of the public official related to a lack of courtesy, politeness, or confidentiality in handling files. They may also relate to access to administrative information and the manifestation of discriminatory behavior related to religion, gender, ethnicity, political and union opinions, social class, race, language, disability, and sexual orientation."
Since 2021, some ministerial documents on "Workforce Management Procedures" establish that "Hiring procedures shall be transparent, public, non-discriminatory, and open, regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, sex, or gender identity."
Law No. 001-2021/AN on the Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of Personal Data protects a person's sexual life as sensitive and personal data. (Articles 5, 12 and 30). In addition, Decree No. 2016-425/PRES promulgating Law No. 013-2016/AN regulating Credit Information Bureaus in Burkina Faso establishes the same protection.
LGBT employment discrimination in Burkina Faso is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Burkina Faso is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Burkina Faso is unknown.
Intersex infant surgery in Burkina Faso is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Burkina Faso is ambiguous.
Blood donations by MSMs in Burkina Faso is ambiguous.
Conversion therapy in Burkina Faso is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Burkina Faso is unknown.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Burkina Faso.
- Balé
- Bam
- Banwa
- Bazèga
- Bougouriba
- Boulgou
- Boulkiemdé
- Comoé
- Ganzourgou
- Gnagna
- Gourma
- Houet
- Ioba
- Kadiogo
- Komondjari
- Kompienga
- Kossi
- Koulpélogo
- Kouritenga
- Kourwéogo
- Kénédougou
- Loroum
- Léraba
- Mouhoun
- Nahouri
- Namentenga
- Nayala
- Noumbiel
- Oubritenga
- Oudalan
- Passoré
- Poni
- Sanguié
- Sanmatenga
- Sissili
- Soum
- Sourou
- Séno
- Tapoa
- Tui
- Yagha
- Yatenga
- Ziro
- Zondoma
- Zoundwéogo
- Boucle du Mouhoun (Region)
- Cascades (Region)
- Centre (Region)
- Centre-Est (Region)
- Centre-Nord (Region)
- Centre-Ouest (Region)
- Centre-Sud (Region)
- Est (Region)
- Hauts-Bassins (Region)
- Nord (Region)
- Plateau-Central (Region)
- Sahel (Region)
- Sud-Ouest (Region)