- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Suggest Public Opinion DataHistory
Homosexual activity in Sao Tome and Principe is legal.
security measures on people who habitually practice
acts against nature. The security measures may include:
a bond of good behavior, being put on probation for a
certain period, or even internment in a workhouse or
agricultural colony (from 6 months to 3 years).
Same-sex marriage in Sao Tome and Principe is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sao Tome and Principe is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Sao Tome and Principe is ambiguous.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sao Tome and Principe is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Sao Tome and Principe is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT housing discrimination in Sao Tome and Principe is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Sao Tome and Principe is single only.
Serving openly in military in Sao Tome and Principe is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Blood donations by MSMs in Sao Tome and Principe is legal.
Conversion therapy in Sao Tome and Principe is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Sao Tome and Principe is equal.
Since Jan 1, 2012
LGBT Rights by Municipality
View the LGBT laws in each individual municipality of Sao Tome and Principe.