Cunene is governed by federal Angola law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Cunene is banned.
Current status
Since Jan 24, 2019
Banned
Article 20 of the Family Code establishes that marriage is the voluntary union between a man and a woman.
Until Jan 23, 2019
Unrecognized
Before article 20 of the family code came into force, there was no recognition of same-sex marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Cunene is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Angola, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Cunene is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Section 78 of the Civil Registry Act (2015) does not allow alterations of details entered in the registration of records by the Civil Registrar. However, Section 87 permits changes, including "change of name" where there is a change of facts which alter the legal identity or status of the person. A change of sex marker may also be possible under Section 87, but this has yet to be tested.
Gender-affirming care in Cunene is restricted.
Current status
Since 2015
Restricted
There is currently no access to gender affirming care in Angola despite legal rulings recognising the right of trans Angolans to healthcare. Trans Angolans generally travel to South Africa for such care but it is notoriously expensive.
Until 2015
Banned
Medical transition is not possible
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Cunene is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There are only 2 legally recognized genders in Angola.
Hate crime protections in Cunene is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since Feb 9, 2021
Sexual orientation only
Article 71 of the Penal Code includes protections for hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation.
LGBT discrimination in Cunene is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Feb 9, 2021
Illegal in some contexts
Article 212 of the Penal Code criminalises acts of discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, health, education, housing and in the provision of goods and services.
There are no laws that protect gender identity from discrimination.
There are no laws that protect gender identity from discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Cunene is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since Feb 9, 2021
Sexual orientation only
Article 212 of the Penal Code criminalises acts of discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, health, education and in the provision of goods and services and housing since 2021 in Angola.
There is no explicit protection based on gender identity.
There is no explicit protection based on gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Cunene is single only.
Current status
Single only
Neither joint adoption nor second-parent adoption are legally available for same-sex couples in Angola. However, single LGBTIQ+ people can adopt.
Intersex infant surgery in Cunene is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Angola law
Laws in force in Angola do not restrict medically unnecessary interventions aimed to modify the sex characteristics of intersex minors without their free, prior and full informed consent.
Serving openly in military in Cunene is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Since Feb 9, 2021
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
On 9 February 2021, Angola’s new Penal Code took effect, decriminalizing consensual same-sex conduct and leaving no known legal or military-specific ban on lesbian, gay, and bisexual people serving in the Angolan Armed Forces.
For transgender people in the Angolan Armed Forces, service in one’s affirmed gender is best classified as de facto barred, because there is no clear legal gender-recognition procedure, no explicit gender-identity military protection, and no known armed-forces policy allowing service in one’s affirmed gender.
For transgender people in the Angolan Armed Forces, service in one’s affirmed gender is best classified as de facto barred, because there is no clear legal gender-recognition procedure, no explicit gender-identity military protection, and no known armed-forces policy allowing service in one’s affirmed gender.
Blood donations by MSMs in Cunene is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no official sources from the Ministry of Health regarding the prohibitions for donating blood.
Conversion therapy in Cunene is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no laws banning conversion therapy in Angola and occur.
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