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Northern Africa
[wysig | wysig bron]| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | Recognition of same-sex relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | Immigration equality for same-sex couples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sjabloon:Landdata Algeria Algeria | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: Fine - up to 2 years prison) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Egypt Egypt | 👁 No Not specifically outlawed, but public morals laws used against LGBT people according to AmnestyUSA |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Libya Libya | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: Fine - up to 5 years prison). |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Morocco Morocco (incl. Western Sahara) | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 6 months to 3 years) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Sudan Sudan | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 👁 Image 5 years up to death penalty.) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Tunisia Tunisia | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: Fine - 3 years) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Western Africa
[wysig | wysig bron]| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | Recognition of same-sex relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | Immigration equality for same-sex couples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Vlag van Benin Benin |
👁 Yes Legal[1] |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Burkina Faso Burkina Faso |
👁 No Not specifically outlawed, but other laws apply.[2] |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Cape Verde Cape Verde | 👁 Yes Legal since 2004 + UN decl. sign. |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire | 👁 Yes Legal |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Gambia Gambia | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: up to 14 years[3]) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Ghana Ghana |
👁 No Male illegal Female unclear |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Guinea Guinea | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 6 months to 3 years prison) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau | 👁 Yes Legal + UN decl. sign. |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Liberia Liberia | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: Fine) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Mali Mali |
Not specifically prohibited, but public morals laws have been used against LGBT persons | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Mauritania Mauritania | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 👁 Image Death penalty) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Niger Niger |
Not specifically prohibited, but public morals laws may be used | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Nigeria Nigeria | 👁 No Male illegal 👁 No Female illegal in areas under Sharia (Penalties in Sharia areas: 👁 Image Up to death for men, and up to 50 lashes (caning) and six months for women.) 👁 Yes Female legal in areas not under Sharia. |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Senegal Senegal |
👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 1 month to 5 years prison) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Sierra Leone Sierra Leone |
👁 No Male illegal Female needs verification |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Togo Togo |
👁 No Illegal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Middle Africa
[wysig | wysig bron]| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | Recognition of same-sex relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | Immigration equality for same-sex couples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Vlag van Angola Angola |
👁 No Illegal (Penalty: Labour camps for habitual offenders.[4]) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Cameroon Cameroon | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: Fine to 5 years prison) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Central African Republic Central African Republic | 👁 Yes Legal + UN decl. sign. |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Chad Chad | 👁 Yes Legal since 1967 |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) | 👁 Yes Legal |
👁 No |
👁 No Constitutional ban since 2005 |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea | 👁 Yes Legal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Gabon Gabon | 👁 Yes Legal + UN decl. sign. |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo | 👁 Yes Legal |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe | 👁 No Illegal + UN decl. sign. |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Eastern Africa
[wysig | wysig bron]| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | Recognition of same-sex relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | Immigration equality for same-sex couples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Vlag van Burundi Burundi |
👁 No Illegal since 2009 (Penalty: 3 months to 2 years of jail and fine of 50,000 to 100,000 Burundian francs[5]) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Comoros Comoros | 👁 No Acts "against nature" outlawed |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Djibouti Djibouti | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 10-12 years) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Eritrea Eritrea |
👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 3-10 years) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Ethiopia Ethiopia | 👁 No Illegal (Penalty: up to 5 years[6]) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Kenya Kenya | 👁 No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 14 years) 👁 Yes Female legal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Madagascar Madagascar | 👁 Yes Legal |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Malawi Malawi |
👁 No Illegal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Mauritius Mauritius |
👁 No Illegal (Penalty: 5 years) + UN decl. sign. (national debate over repeal of the law) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Mozambique Mozambique | 👁 No Illegal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Réunion Réunion (Overseas department of France) |
👁 Yes Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign. |
👁 Yes Pacte civil de solidarité since 1999 |
👁 No |
👁 No Single gay persons may adopt |
👁 Yes |
👁 Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
Unknown | Unknown |
| 👁 Vlag van Rwanda Rwanda |
👁 Yes Legal |
👁 No |
👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Seychelles Seychelles | 👁 No Male illegal 👁 Yes Female legal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Somalia Somalia | 👁 No Illegal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No | |
| 👁 Vlag van Uganda Uganda |
👁 No All homosexual acts illegal (Penalty: Fine up to life sentence) |
👁 No |
👁 No Constitutional ban since 2005 |
👁 No |
👁 No |
👁 No |
👁 No |
👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Tanzania Tanzania | 👁 No |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Zambia Zambia | 👁 No Male illegal (Penalty: fine to 15 years) 👁 Yes Female legal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Zimbabwe Zimbabwe |
👁 No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 10 years[7]) 👁 Yes Female legal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
Southern Africa
[wysig | wysig bron]| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | Recognition of same-sex relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | Immigration equality for same-sex couples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Vlag van Botswana Botswana |
👁 No Illegal (Penalty: Fine - years) |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| 👁 Vlag van Lesotho Lesotho |
👁 No Illegal [8] |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata Namibia Namibia | 👁 No Illegal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
| Sjabloon:Landdata South Africa South Africa | 👁 Yes Legal since 1994 |
👁 Yes Legal since 1996 |
👁 Yes Legal since 2006 |
👁 Yes Legal since 2002 |
👁 Yes |
👁 Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
Unknown | 👁 Yes |
| 👁 Vlag van Swaziland Swaziland |
👁 No Male illegal (Penalty: US$90 fine - prison.) 👁 Yes Female legal |
Unknown | 👁 No |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 👁 No |
- ↑ Ottosson, Daniel (Mei 2009). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). pp.Page 45. Besoek op 19 Mei 2009.
- ↑ Ottosson, Daniel (Mei 2008). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). pp.Page 11. Besoek op 12 Januarie 2009.
- ↑ Gambia: Mob Violence And Murder Feared After President's Gay Beheading Threat, AllAfrica, June 12, 2008
- ↑ Page 6 of
- ↑ http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/burundi-abolishes-the-death-penalty-but-bans-homosexuality-200904727
- ↑ Ethiopia travel advice, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- ↑ Not tickling Mugabe’s fancy, Tribune, October 24, 1997
- ↑ Lesotho travel advice, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office