• Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    Ambiguous
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Guinea-Bissau

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Jul 30, 2016–Sep 17, 2017
Legal
according
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Sources:
ucalgary.ca/sw/ramsay/afric…
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Current status
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Same-sex marriage in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
(since Apr 23, 1993)
Unrecognized
The civil code defines marriage as a union of people with opposite sex
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
s3.amazonaws.com/landesa_pr…
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Apr 23, 1993–Sep 7, 2018
Unrecognized
No country in Northern Africa has made it illegal.
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Sources:
No
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Right to change legal gender in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
Single only
according from a French website. no restrictions known. Missing laws for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
No protections
No protections. But 90 percent of people living here said that homosexuality is not an issue.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
No protections
No protections from discrimination.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
No protections
No
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Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
Legal
Missing discrimination protections.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
Equal
Equalised age of consent at 16.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Guinea-Bissau

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Guinea-Bissau

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