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LGBT Rights in Central African Republic

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Public Opinion

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History

Homosexual activity in Central African Republic

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Homosexual activity in Central African Republic is legal.

Current status
Legal
The penal code criminalizes "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600); however, there were no reports that police arrested or detained persons [in 2012] under these provisions. Also, if done in private and consensually, it is legal.
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Same-sex marriage in Central African Republic

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Same-sex marriage in Central African Republic is not legal.

Current status
Since 2016
Not legal
Same-sex marriage is not legal in the Central African Republic.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Central African Republic

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Central African Republic is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
The penal code criminalizes "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600); however, there were no reports that police arrested or detained persons [in 2012] under these provisions.
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Right to change legal gender in Central African Republic

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Right to change legal gender in Central African Republic is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework for legal gender change in Central African Republic.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Central African Republic

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Central African Republic is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no legal framework to change one's legal gender in Central African Republic, non-binary identities are defacto not recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Central African Republic

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LGBT discrimination in Central African Republic is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 15, 2003
No protections
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LGBT employment discrimination in Central African Republic

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LGBT employment discrimination in Central African Republic is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 15, 2003
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Central African Republic

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LGBT housing discrimination in Central African Republic is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 13, 2003
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Central African Republic

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Same-sex adoption in Central African Republic is single only.

Current status
Since Oct 7, 2017
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Central African Republic

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Serving openly in military in Central African Republic is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Mar 15, 2003
Ambiguous
Currently unknown
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Mar 15, 2003–Sep 1, 2018
Legal
No discrimination protections in the criminal code.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Central African Republic

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Blood donations by MSMs in Central African Republic is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
The US department of stat’s Human right’s record found that MSMs are not allowed to donate blood, however, this report was from 2012 so it may be outdated information
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Conversion therapy in Central African Republic

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Conversion therapy in Central African Republic is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in the Central African Republic.
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Equal age of consent in Central African Republic

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Equal age of consent in Central African Republic is equal.

Current status
Equal
Set age of Consent.
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LGBT Rights by Prefecture

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