North-West is governed by federal Cameroon law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in North-West

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Homosexual activity in North-West is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Nov 12, 1967
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Up to 5 years imprisonment and/or 200,000 franc fine.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/…
thenation.com/article/17863…
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Nov 12, 1967–Sep 17, 2018
Male illegal, female legal
Six months to 5 years in prison and a fine of 20,000-200,000 CFA. Not enforced.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lgbt-rights-hrw.silk.co/
Added by Ausyk  ·  1 accurate vote  ·  Report Error  ·  Log

Same-sex marriage in North-West

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Same-sex marriage in North-West is banned.

Current status
Since Nov 12, 1967
Banned
Homosexuality is illegal in Cameroon.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in North-West

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in North-West is state-enforced.

Current status
Since 2016
State-enforced
Section 264 of the Penal Code (2016) criminalises the public utterance of any “immoral speech” and the drawing of the public’s attention to any “occasion of immorality”. In light of the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, a legal scholar has suggested that a publicly uttered speech advocating “unnatural sexual indulgence” would be considered “immoral”.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 146)
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Right to change legal gender in North-West

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Right to change legal gender in North-West is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Gender marker change is not possible in Cameroon. Transgender and gender diverse people are de facto criminalised.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 27)
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Gender-Affirming Care in North-West

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Gender-Affirming Care in North-West is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in North-West

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in North-West is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
The option of identifying as “non-binary/intersex/gender non-conforming” is not available.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2022-coun…
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LGBT discrimination in North-West

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LGBT discrimination in North-West is no protections.

Current status
Since Jun 2, 1972
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
confinder.richmond.edu/admi…
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LGBT employment discrimination in North-West

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LGBT employment discrimination in North-West is no protections.

Current status
Since Jun 2, 1972
No protections
No protections because homosexuality is still illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in North-West

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LGBT housing discrimination in North-West is no protections.

Current status
Since Jun 2, 1972
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex adoption in North-West

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Same-sex adoption in North-West is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/…
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Serving openly in military in North-West

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Serving openly in military in North-West is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
(See sources listed for homosexual activity.)
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Intersex infant surgery in North-West

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Intersex infant surgery in North-West is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in North-West

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Blood donations by MSMs in North-West is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in North-West

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Conversion therapy in North-West is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Cameroon.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 325)
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Equal age of consent in North-West

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Equal age of consent in North-West is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Homosexuality is illegal.
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