- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- 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
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Research in attittudes towards LGBTQ+ issues in Sudan have identified a strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting underlying homophobic sentiments.
History
Homosexual activity in Sudan is illegal (up to life in prison as punishment).
Since Jul 2020
Same-sex marriage in Sudan is not legal.
Since Feb 1, 1991
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sudan is state-enforced.
As of my last update in September 2021, Sudan had a history of censorship and discrimination against the LGBT community. Homosexuality was criminalised under Islamic sharia law
Right to change legal gender in Sudan is ambiguous.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sudan is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Sudan is no protections.
Since Jan 1, 1956
LGBT employment discrimination in Sudan is no protections.
Since Jan 1, 1956
LGBT housing discrimination in Sudan is no protections.
Since Jan 1, 1956
Same-sex adoption in Sudan is single only.
Serving openly in military in Sudan is illegal.
Conversion therapy in Sudan is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Sudan is n/a.
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of Sudan.
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- Sinnar
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- Zalingei (Region)
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