- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- DiscriminationIllegal in some contexts
- Employment DiscriminationAmbiguous
- Housing DiscriminationAmbiguous
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Current status
(since Dec 13, 1996)
(since Dec 13, 1996)
Legal
Homosexuality has always been legal in Burkina Faso. The date is the date of publication of the current penal code.
Current status
(since Jun 11, 1991)
(since Jun 11, 1991)
Unrecognized
Marriage in Burkina Faso is defined as between a man and a woman. Article 23 of the country's constitution of 1991 states: "Marriage is founded on the free consent of the man and of the woman. All discrimination founded on race, colour, religion, ethnicity, caste, social origin, or fortune is forbidden in the matter of marriage."
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
Single only
legal however no laws in place for same sex couples.
Current status
(since Jun 11, 1991)
(since Jun 11, 1991)
Illegal in some contexts
Under Article 23 of their constitution.
Current status
(since Jun 11, 1991)
(since Jun 11, 1991)
Ambiguous
Some under Article 23 of their Constitution.
Current status
(since Jun 11, 1991)
(since Jun 11, 1991)
Ambiguous
Some protection under Article 23 of the Constitution.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1996)
(since Jan 1, 1996)
Equal
No
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