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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    Ambiguous
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Homosexual activity in Santa Catarina do Fogo is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 2004
Legal
Homosexual activity is legal in Cape Verde.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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1886–Mar 1, 2004
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Homosexuality was illegal under the 1886 Penal Code.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013071…//old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
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Same-sex marriage in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Same-sex marriage in Santa Catarina do Fogo is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
According to the República de Cabo Verde: Código Civil, marriage is defined to be a union of different sexes.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
law.yale.edu/rcw/rcw/jurisd…
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Until Jan 1, 1981
Unrecognized
Gay marriage and gay unions pending. Gay Union might be legal in 2018.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
quora.com/How-many-countrie…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Santa Catarina do Fogo is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Cape Verde, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Right to change legal gender in Santa Catarina do Fogo is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Missing non binary options on documents.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Santa Catarina do Fogo is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
only male or female
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Cape Verde doesn’t recognize non binary
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LGBT discrimination in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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LGBT discrimination in Santa Catarina do Fogo is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Oct 16, 2007
Illegal in some contexts
Only banned in employment and housing
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/cape-verde-lgbti
portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton…
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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LGBT employment discrimination in Santa Catarina do Fogo 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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton… le?p_doc_id=786
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Oct 16, 2007–Apr 5, 2018
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2008
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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LGBT housing discrimination in Santa Catarina do Fogo is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since 2019
Sexual orientation only
Section 8 of the National Housing Policy (2019) states it was developed under the premise that everyone has a right to housing, regardless of their sexual orientation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/cape-verde-lgbti
database.ilga.org/api/downl…
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Same-sex adoption in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Same-sex adoption in Santa Catarina do Fogo is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Serving openly in military in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Serving openly in military in Santa Catarina do Fogo is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Not one of the countries that has bans on lgbt serving.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Blood donations by MSMs in Santa Catarina do Fogo is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Conversion therapy in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Conversion therapy in Santa Catarina do Fogo is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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Equal age of consent in Santa Catarina do Fogo

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Equal age of consent in Santa Catarina do Fogo is equal.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 2004
Equal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
saflii.org/mz/legis/codigos/cp90/
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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