- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- 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
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Article 248 punishes "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" with up to 10 years imprisonment and the possibility of being liable to a fine.
Same-sex marriage in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is imprisonment as punishment.
Additionally, the 2008 Penal Code criminalises “any male person who dresses or is attired in the fashion of a woman” in public with three months in prison under Section 379, effectively criminalising the gender expression of trans women and cross dressers.
Right to change legal gender in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is illegal in some contexts.
-Unified Human Resource Policy Manual (2020) issued by the Ministry of Petroleum.
-National Occupational Safety and Health Policy (2022) issued by the Ministry of Labour.
-Inclusive Education Strategy South Sudan (2022) issued by the Ministry of General Education and Instruction.
-Regulation 3/2024 on Election Campaign issued by the National election Commission bans hate speech based on sexual orientation.
-Sexual and Gender Based Violence Prevention and Response Action Plan (2024) issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.
Labor Management Procedures 2025 (LMP) implemented by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and Ministry of Roads and Bridges (MRB)
LGBT employment discrimination in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is unknown.
Intersex infant surgery in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is illegal.
Conversion therapy in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal is n/a.
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