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  • Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    Illegal in some contexts
  • Employment Discrimination
    Ambiguous
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Gabon

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Current status
(since May 31, 1963)
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
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Same-sex marriage in Gabon

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Current status
(since May 31, 1963)
Unrecognized
Same sex marriage is not recognized in Gabon
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
loc.gov/law/help/criminal-l…
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Right to change legal gender in Gabon

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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Gabon

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Current status
Single only
No laws against this. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Gabon

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Current status
(since Sep 27, 2016)
Illegal in some contexts
Some protections under hate crimes.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Gabon

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Current status
(since Sep 27, 2016)
Ambiguous
Some protections under the Consitution.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Gabon

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Current status
(since Sep 27, 2016)
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Gabon

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Gabon

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Current status
Legal
No restrictions.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl…
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Equal age of consent in Gabon

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Current status
Equal
Set at 18 years.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Gabon

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Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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