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LGBT Rights in Abuja Federal Capital Territory capital territory

The laws displayed for Abuja Federal Capital Territory are the same as Nigeria.
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (other penalty)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    Ambiguous
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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Homosexual activity in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Homosexual activity in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is illegal (other penalty).

Current status
Since Jun 1, 1916
Illegal (other penalty)
Male Homosexuality is punishable by 14 years in prison under the Nigerian Penal Code. Laws is unclear about female Homosexuality in the Nigerian Penal code , in which the southern part of Nigeria rules . However in the Northern Nigeria, where things are ruled by Sharia Law the punishment are different . In some states in Northern Nigeria, consenting and adult Gays and Lesbians could be punished with the death penalty .
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Sources:
nigeria-law.org/Criminal%20… 21
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Jun 1, 1916–Sep 16, 2018
Male illegal, female legal
10-14 years in prison. Not enforced. decriminalization proposed by one presidential candidate.
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Sources:
washingtonpost.com/news/wor…


ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…


pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/27/g…



pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/28/n…
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Same-sex marriage in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Same-sex marriage in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is not legal.

Current status
Since Jan 7, 2014
Not legal
The newly enacted regulation against same sex marriage implies such act is punishable by fourteen-year term of imprisonment.
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Sources:
refworld.org/type,LEGISLATI…
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Dec 31, 1914–Jan 7, 2014
Not legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nigeria-law.org/Marriage%20Act.htm
nigeria-law.org/Criminal%20… 5
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is imprisonment as punishment.

Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
In addition to criminalizing homosexuality, Nigeria has enacted legislation that would make it illegal for heterosexual family members, allies and friends of LGBT people to be supportive. According to Nigerian law, a heterosexual ally "who administers, witnesses, abets or aids" any form of gender non-conforming and homosexual activity could receive a 10-year jail sentence.
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Sources:
hrw.org/report/2016/10/20/t…
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Right to change legal gender in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Right to change legal gender in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Legally no way to change gender, crossdressing is illegal in 12 states in northern Nigeria.
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Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/maga…

forktip.com/lgbt-couple-saf…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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LGBT discrimination in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is no protections.

Current status
Since May 29, 1999
No protections
Although the discrimination protection clause protect citizens against all forms of discrimination, there are also provisions within the protection against discrimination that encourages "the evolution and promotion of family life" with a family having a "traditional" family connotation.
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Sources:
nigeria-law.org/Constitutio…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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LGBT employment discrimination in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is no protections.

Current status
Since May 29, 1999
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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LGBT housing discrimination in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is no protections.

Current status
Since May 29, 1999
No protections
Homosexuality is still illegal there.
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Same-sex adoption in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Same-sex adoption in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws for same sex couples.
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Sources:
adoptivefamilies.com/how-to…
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Serving openly in military in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Serving openly in military in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria.
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Sources:
forktip.com/lgbt-couple-saf…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Blood donations by MSMs in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
No laws restricting or allowing MSMs to donate blood
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Sources:
web.princeton.edu/sites/sep…
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Conversion therapy in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Conversion therapy in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Abuja Federal Capital Territory

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Equal age of consent in Abuja Federal Capital Territory is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
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Sources:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB…
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