- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Public Opinion
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People ?
Ranked #114 out of 119 regions surveyed. (Source: Gallup, 2013)
(94%) Not a good place
Good place (3%)
History
Homosexual activity in Chad is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Aug 1, 2017
Since Aug 1, 2017
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Imprisonment of 8 to 15 years as penalty.
Same-sex marriage in Chad is not legal.
Current status
Since Aug 1, 2017
Since Aug 1, 2017
Not legal
Same-sex couples do not receive any legal benefits in Chad.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Chad is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Chad, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Chad is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Chad is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT employment discrimination in Chad is no protections.
Current status
Since Apr 10, 2018
Since Apr 10, 2018
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Chad is no protections.
Current status
Since Nov 28, 1958
Since Nov 28, 1958
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Chad is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Chad is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality became illegal in Chad since 2017.
Conversion therapy in Chad is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Chad.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Chad.
- Al Baṭḩah
- Al Buḩayrah
- Kānim
- Lūqūn al Gharbī
- Lūqūn ash Sharqī
- Madīnat Injamīnā
- Māndūl
- Māyū Kībbī al Gharbī
- Ḥajjar Lamīs
- Baḩr al Ghazāl (region)
- Būrkū (region)
- Innīdī (region)
- Sīlā (region)
- Tibastī (region)
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Alternative names: Tchad/Tshad (local name)