Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✖ Legal, but banned for minors
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✖ Unequal
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Research in attittudes towards LGBTQ+ issues in Republic of the Congo have identified a strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting underlying homophobic sentiments.

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Homosexual activity in Republic of the Congo

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Homosexual activity in Republic of the Congo is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Republic of the Congo

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Same-sex marriage in Republic of the Congo is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Under the Congo constitution.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Republic of the Congo

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Republic of the Congo is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Republic of the Congo, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Republic of the Congo

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Right to change legal gender in Republic of the Congo is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework to change one's legal gender.
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Gender-affirming care in Republic of the Congo

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Gender-affirming care in Republic of the Congo is legal, but banned for minors.

Current status
Legal, but banned for minors
In Congo, gender-affirming care is banned for minors
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Republic of the Congo

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Republic of the Congo is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no recognition of non-binary identities.
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LGBT discrimination in Republic of the Congo

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LGBT discrimination in Republic of the Congo is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT employment discrimination in Republic of the Congo

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LGBT employment discrimination in Republic of the Congo is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Republic of the Congo

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LGBT housing discrimination in Republic of the Congo is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Republic of the Congo

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Same-sex adoption in Republic of the Congo is single only.

Current status
Single only
it is the only condition. No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Intersex infant surgery in Republic of the Congo

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Intersex infant surgery in Republic of the Congo is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Republic of the Congo

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Serving openly in military in Republic of the Congo is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Only 22 Countries allow Trans Military Service, this is not one of them
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Blood donations by MSMs in Republic of the Congo

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Blood donations by MSMs in Republic of the Congo is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Republic of the Congo

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Conversion therapy in Republic of the Congo is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
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Equal age of consent in Republic of the Congo

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Equal age of consent in Republic of the Congo is unequal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1947
Unequal
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LGBT Rights by Department

View the LGBT laws in each individual department of Republic of the Congo.