- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- Ambiguous
- 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
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Public Opinion
Acceptance of Homosexuality (Arab countries) ?
Ranked #3 out of 7 regions surveyed. (Source: BBC News Arabic / Arab Barometer, 2018-2019)
(83%) No / Unsure / Did Not Answer
Yes (17%)
Acceptance of Homosexuals as Neighbors ?
Ranked #15 out of 34 regions surveyed. (Source: Afrobarometer, 2016–2018)
(81.92%) Not tolerate
Tolerate (13.5%)
History
Homosexual activity in Sudan is illegal (up to life in prison as punishment).
Current status
Since Jul 2020
Since Jul 2020
Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
5 years in prison for the first offense. Third time offenders are punishable by life in prison.
Same-sex marriage in Sudan is not legal.
Current status
Since Feb 1, 1991
Since Feb 1, 1991
Not legal
Homosexuality is not legal in Sudan.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sudan is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place in Sudan .
Right to change legal gender in Sudan is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No laws in place.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sudan is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Sudan is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1956
Since Jan 1, 1956
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination in Sudan is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1956
Since Jan 1, 1956
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there.
LGBT housing discrimination in Sudan is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1956
Since Jan 1, 1956
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal there.
Same-sex adoption in Sudan is single only.
Current status
Single only
No restrictions. however no laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Sudan is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Mandatory military service does not equate tolerance for open homosexuality, nor does it account for a system of 'filtering' LGBT concerns.
Conversion therapy in Sudan is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Equal age of consent in Sudan is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal in Sudan.
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of Sudan.
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Alternative names: As-Sudan (local name)