- Homosexuality⚢Ambiguous
- Marriage⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Current status
(since 2012)
(since 2012)
Ambiguous
A new Penal Code was adopted in 2012 but unclear whether it has entered into forced. Appears to remove previous punishments.
Illegal (other penalty)
Inherited from Portuguese colonial era (amended in 1954). Articles 70 and 71(4°) provide for the imposition of
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).
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).
Current status
Unrecognized
High support for gay marriage. Gay marriage pending.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Current status
No protections
None exist in the revision of the criminal code.
Current status
Legal
Not banned or restricted on any territories in Africa.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2012)
(since Jan 1, 2012)
Equal
According to Wikipedia.
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