- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
According to recent survey data, underlying homophobic beliefs appear to be highly prevalent in Senegal, signaling a hostile environment for LGBTQ+ people.
History
Homosexual activity in Senegal is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Since Feb 1, 1966
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Senegal is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Senegal is ambiguous.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Senegal is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Senegal is no protections.
Since Feb 1, 1966
LGBT employment discrimination in Senegal is no protections.
Since Feb 1, 1966
LGBT housing discrimination in Senegal is no protections.
Since Feb 1, 1966
Same-sex adoption in Senegal is single only.
Since Oct 7, 2017
Serving openly in military in Senegal is illegal.
Conversion therapy in Senegal is ambiguous.
Equal age of consent in Senegal is n/a.
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