- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Cameroon indicate societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights.
History
Homosexual activity in Cameroon is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Since Nov 12, 1967
Same-sex marriage in Cameroon is not legal.
Since Nov 12, 1967
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Cameroon is state-enforced.
Since 2016
Right to change legal gender in Cameroon is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Cameroon is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Cameroon is no protections.
Since Jun 2, 1972
LGBT employment discrimination in Cameroon is no protections.
Since Jun 2, 1972
LGBT housing discrimination in Cameroon is no protections.
Since Jun 2, 1972
Same-sex adoption in Cameroon is illegal.
Serving openly in military in Cameroon is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Cameroon is legal.
Conversion therapy in Cameroon is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Cameroon is n/a.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Cameroon.