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LGBT Rights in Far North Region

Far North is governed by federal Cameroon law. Learn more
    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

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History

Homosexual activity in Far North

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Homosexual activity in Far North is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Nov 12, 1967
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Up to 5 years imprisonment and/or 200,000 franc fine.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/…
thenation.com/article/17863…
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Nov 12, 1967–Sep 17, 2018
Male illegal, female legal
Six months to 5 years in prison and a fine of 20,000-200,000 CFA. Not enforced.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lgbt-rights-hrw.silk.co/
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Same-sex marriage in Far North

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Same-sex marriage in Far North is not legal.

Current status
Since Nov 12, 1967
Not legal
Homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Far North

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Far North is state-enforced.

Current status
Since 2016
State-enforced
Section 264 of the Penal Code (2016) criminalises the public utterance of any “immoral speech” and the drawing of the public’s attention to any “occasion of immorality”. In light of the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, a legal scholar has suggested that a publicly uttered speech advocating “unnatural sexual indulgence” would be considered “immoral”.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 146)
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Right to change legal gender in Far North

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Right to change legal gender in Far North is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Gender marker change is not possible in Cameroon. Transgender and gender diverse people are de facto criminalised.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 27)
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Far North

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Far North is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
The option of identifying as “non-binary/intersex/gender non-conforming” is not available.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2022-coun…
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LGBT discrimination in Far North

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LGBT discrimination in Far North is no protections.

Current status
Since Jun 2, 1972
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
confinder.richmond.edu/admi…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Far North

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LGBT employment discrimination in Far North is no protections.

Current status
Since Jun 2, 1972
No protections
No protections because homosexuality is still illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Far North

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LGBT housing discrimination in Far North is no protections.

Current status
Since Jun 2, 1972
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex adoption in Far North

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Same-sex adoption in Far North is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/…
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Serving openly in military in Far North

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Serving openly in military in Far North is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
(See sources listed for homosexual activity.)
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Blood donations by MSMs in Far North

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Blood donations by MSMs in Far North is legal.

Current status
Legal
No restrictions that I know of.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Conversion therapy in Far North

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Conversion therapy in Far North is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Cameroon.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 325)
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Equal age of consent in Far North

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Equal age of consent in Far North is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Homosexuality is illegal.
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