Sal is governed by federal Cape Verde law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal with restrictions
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Sal is banned.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1968
Banned
Article 1551 of the Civil Code defines Marriage as the "voluntary union between two people of different sexes, in accordance with the law, who intend to form a family through a full communion of life."
Article 1587 of the Civil Code states that "A marriage contracted by two people of the same sex is legally non-existent."
Article 1587 of the Civil Code states that "A marriage contracted by two people of the same sex is legally non-existent."
Censorship of LGBT issues in Sal is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Cape Verde, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Sal is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Changing gender is not allowed in Cape Verde.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sal is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Cape Verde does not legally recognize a third gender.
Hate crime protections in Sal is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Dec 11, 2015
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Article 123 (e) on aggravation of the Penal Code establishes that
the penalty shall be imprisonment for 15 to 30 years when the circumstances of the case reveal a marked degree of illegality of the act or guilt of the culprit, and the homicide is motivated by racial, religious or political hate, or by the sexual orientation or gender identity of the victim.
the penalty shall be imprisonment for 15 to 30 years when the circumstances of the case reveal a marked degree of illegality of the act or guilt of the culprit, and the homicide is motivated by racial, religious or political hate, or by the sexual orientation or gender identity of the victim.
LGBT discrimination in Sal is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Oct 16, 2007
Illegal in some contexts
Only banned in employment and housing
LGBT employment discrimination in Sal is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since 2008
Sexual orientation only
According to Article 45(2) and Article 406(3) of the Novo Código Laboral Cabo-Verdiano, discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited. The law is generally enforced but gender identity remains unprotected.
Intersex infant surgery in Sal is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no laws banning invasive and unnecessary medical procedures on intersex children in Cape Verde.
Serving openly in military in Sal is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Sal is legal with restrictions.
Current status
Legal with restrictions
There is no official ban. Restrictions may be possible.
Conversion therapy in Sal is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned in Cabo Verde but it is rarely practiced.
Equal age of consent in Sal is equal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 2004
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