• Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✖ Unequal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Republic of the Congo

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Sep 4, 2017–Sep 5, 2017
Legal
All legal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Current status
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
voiceofcongo.net/les-2-cong…
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Same-sex marriage in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
Unrecognized
Under the Congo constitution.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
refugeelegalaidinformation.…
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Right to change legal gender in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
Single only
it is the only condition. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
travel.state.gov/content/ad…
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LGBT discrimination in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
No protections
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Equal age of consent in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 1947)
Unequal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Republic of the Congo

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Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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