- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
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Homosexual activity in Niger is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2006
Since Jan 1, 2006
Legal
Consensual same-sex activity is not illegal. However, ambiguities exist in the Penal Code of Niger for undefined 'moral' offenses.
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 legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Jul 1, 2015
Since Jul 1, 2015
Legal, surgery not required
Surgery not required but preformed.
LGBT discrimination in Niger is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination in Niger is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Niger is no protections.
Current status
No protections
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.
Equal age of consent in Niger is equal.
Current status
Since May 17, 2016
Since May 17, 2016
Equal
Set age of consent.
Blood donations by MSMs in Niger is legal.
Current status
Since Feb 17, 2008
Since Feb 17, 2008
Legal
after removing restrictions.
Conversion therapy in Niger is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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