- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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Public Opinion
Research in attittudes towards LGBTQ+ issues in Niger have identified a strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting underlying homophobic sentiments.
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Homosexual activity in Niger is legal.
Current status
Legal
Consensual same-sex activity is legal. However, ambiguities exist in the Penal Code of Niger for undefined 'moral' offenses.
Same-sex marriage in Niger is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
There is no recognition provided to same-sex couples in Niger nor is there any legislation banning it. However, in 2023, the President has proposed outlawing marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Niger is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Niger, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Niger is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework in Niger to change one's gender marker.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Niger is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no legal framework to change one's gender marker in Niger, non-binary identities are defacto not recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Niger is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since May 26, 2015
Illegal in some contexts
Some protections based on sexual orientation.
Article 4 of Law 2015-36 on Illegal Trafficking of Migrants bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Law 2022-59 on the Protection of Personal Data establishes that a person's sexual life is sensitive data. Article 95 on "Unlawful Processing of Sensitive Data" penalizes collecting and processing data revealing "sexual life or sexual orientation" of the person concerned.
Article 4 of Law 2015-36 on Illegal Trafficking of Migrants bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Law 2022-59 on the Protection of Personal Data establishes that a person's sexual life is sensitive data. Article 95 on "Unlawful Processing of Sensitive Data" penalizes collecting and processing data revealing "sexual life or sexual orientation" of the person concerned.
LGBT employment discrimination in Niger is no protections.
Current status
No protections
The Labor Code (2017) does not protect LGBT people from discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Niger is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Same-sex adoption in Niger is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Nigerien law allows only legally married couples to adopt a child - as same-sex marriage is prohibited, this also disallows same-sex adoption.
Intersex infant surgery in Niger is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Niger.
Serving openly in military in Niger is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Aug 3, 1960
Ambiguous
There are no explicits bans on service by LGBT citizens, but intense discrimination discourages openness in this area.
Blood donations by MSMs in Niger is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
The National Blood Transfusion Center establishes that among the requirements for donating blood are "answering a health questionnaire" and "not belonging to a risk population category" which could make donation difficult for LGBT people.
There are no official sources from the Ministry of Health regarding the requirements for donating blood. The hostile situation regarding access to health care for LGBT people makes it unlikely that they can donate blood without facing legal and social discrimination.
There are no official sources from the Ministry of Health regarding the requirements for donating blood. The hostile situation regarding access to health care for LGBT people makes it unlikely that they can donate blood without facing legal and social discrimination.
Conversion therapy in Niger is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Niger.
Equal age of consent in Niger is unequal.
Current status
Since May 17, 2016
Unequal
Age of consent is not equal, at 13 for heterosexuals and 21 for homosexuals.
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