Lobata is governed by federal Sao Tome and Principe law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- 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
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Lobata is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 5, 2012
Legal
A new Penal Code was adopted in 2012 removing previous punishments and legalising homosexuality in São Tomé and Principe.
Illegal (other penalty)
Inherited from Portuguese colonial era (amended in 1954). Articles 70 and 71(4°) provide for the imposition of
security measures on people who habitually practice
acts against nature. The security measures may include:
a bond of good behavior, being put on probation for a
certain period, or even internment in a workhouse or
agricultural colony (from 6 months to 3 years).
security measures on people who habitually practice
acts against nature. The security measures may include:
a bond of good behavior, being put on probation for a
certain period, or even internment in a workhouse or
agricultural colony (from 6 months to 3 years).
Same-sex marriage in Lobata is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
There is no legal recognition of same-sex marriage provided in São Tomé and Principe.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Lobata is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Sao Tome and Principe, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Lobata is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No laws allow trans people to legally change their gender in São Tomé and Principe.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Lobata is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Legal documents are only permitted to have the gender options "M" and "F"
Hate crime protections in Lobata is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since Aug 6, 2012
Sexual orientation only
Article 130(2)(d) of the Penal Code (2012) aggravates the crime of homicide when motivated by hatred towards the sexual orientation of the victim.
Article 130. Aggravated Homicide.
1. If the death is caused under circumstances that reveal special reprehensibility or perversity on the part of the perpetrator, the penalty is imprisonment for 14 to 20 years.
2. The special reprehensibility or perversity referred to in the previous paragraph may be revealed, among others, by the circumstance that the perpetrator:
(...)
d) Is determined by racial, religious, or political hatred, or generated by the color, ethnic or national origin, sex, or sexual orientation of the victim.
Article 130. Aggravated Homicide.
1. If the death is caused under circumstances that reveal special reprehensibility or perversity on the part of the perpetrator, the penalty is imprisonment for 14 to 20 years.
2. The special reprehensibility or perversity referred to in the previous paragraph may be revealed, among others, by the circumstance that the perpetrator:
(...)
d) Is determined by racial, religious, or political hatred, or generated by the color, ethnic or national origin, sex, or sexual orientation of the victim.
LGBT discrimination in Lobata is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Aug 6, 2012
LGBT employment discrimination in Lobata is sexual orientation only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Lobata is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination in housing provided to LGBTIQ+ people in São Tomé and Principe.
Same-sex adoption in Lobata is single only.
Current status
Single only
Only married couples may jointly adopt in Sao Tome and Principe. LGBTIQ+ singles may be able to adopt but married couples often have an advantage over singles.
Intersex infant surgery in Lobata is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Surgery on intersex infants is legal in Sao Tome and Principe but not reported.
Serving openly in military in Lobata is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 5, 2012
Legal
There are no known restrictions on LGBTIQ+ people serving in the military of São Tomé and Principe.
Blood donations by MSMs in Lobata is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Lobata is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal in Sao Tome and Principe.
Equal age of consent in Lobata is equal.
Current status
Since Jul 5, 2012
Equal
The age of consent for homosexuality and heterosexuality is equal in São Tomé and Principe.
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