- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✖ No protections
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Female equal, male N/A
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Homosexual activity in Western Area is male illegal, female legal.
Same-sex marriage in Western Area is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Western Area is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Western Area is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Western Area is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Western Area is not legally recognized.
Hate crime protections in Western Area is no protections.
LGBT discrimination in Western Area is illegal in some contexts.
The Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Regulations (Part 9) explicitly prohibit the disclosure or use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data revealing a passenger's sexual life or sexual orientation. This Regulation came into force in February 2024.
LGBT housing discrimination in Western Area is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Western Area is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Western Area is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Western Area is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Western Area is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Western Area is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Western Area is female equal, male n/a.