- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Current status
(since Jan 6, 2010)
(since Jan 6, 2010)
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Article 85 prohibits "any acts against nature committed against person of same sex" with 6 months to 2 years imprisonment and fines as punishment. However, Central African Republic is currently not functioning as a state and thus the law may not be exercised.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options.
Current status
(since Oct 7, 2017)
(since Oct 7, 2017)
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Current status
(since Mar 15, 2003)
(since Mar 15, 2003)
No protections
Current status
(since Mar 15, 2003)
(since Mar 15, 2003)
No protections
No
Current status
(since Mar 13, 2003)
(since Mar 13, 2003)
No protections
No
LGBT Rights by Prefecture
View the LGBT laws in each individual prefecture of Central African Republic.
- Ouham-Pendé
- Vakaga
- Gribingui (Economic Prefecture)
- Sangha (Economic Prefecture)
- Bangui (Commune)