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! style="width:12.5%;"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! style="width:12.5%;"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[LGBT rights in Algeria|Algeria]]
|{{flag icon|Algeria}} [[LGBT rights in Algeria|Algeria]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1966<br />Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment with fines up to 10,000 dinars.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2017_WEB.pdf|title=State Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition|last=Carroll|first=Aengus|last2=Mendos|first2=Lucas Ramón|date=May 2017|website=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association|ILGA]]}}</ref> Torture,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/algeria/|title=Algeria|website=Human Dignity Trust|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref> beatings,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/474e895c1e.html|title=Algeria: Treatment of homosexuals by society and government authorities; protection available including recourse to the law for homosexuals who have been subject to ill-treatment (2005-2007)|date=30 July 2007|website=Refworld|publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref> or vigilante executions are also common.
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1966<br />Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment with fines up to 10,000 dinars.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2017_WEB.pdf|title=State Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition|last=Carroll|first=Aengus|last2=Mendos|first2=Lucas Ramón|date=May 2017|website=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association|ILGA]]}}</ref> Torture,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/algeria/|title=Algeria|website=Human Dignity Trust|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref> beatings,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/474e895c1e.html|title=Algeria: Treatment of homosexuals by society and government authorities; protection available including recourse to the law for homosexuals who have been subject to ill-treatment (2005-2007)|date=30 July 2007|website=Refworld|publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref> or vigilante executions are also common.
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|{{flagicon|Canary Islands}} [[Canary Islands]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|{{flag icon|Canary Islands}} [[Canary Islands]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=State Sponsored Homophobia 2016: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition|url=http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf|work=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]]|access-date=19 May 2016|date=17 May 2016}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA">{{#invoke:Cite web||title=State Sponsored Homophobia 2016: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition|url=http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf|work=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]]|access-date=19 May 2016|date=17 May 2016}}</ref>


|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto unions legal since 2003<ref name="Spain">{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Same-sex couples in Spain. Historical, contextual and symbolic factors|url=https://same-sex.web.ined.fr/WWW/04Doc124Ignacio.pdf|author=Galán, José Ignacio Pichardo|publisher=Institut national d'études démographiques|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto unions legal since 2003<ref name="Spain">{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Same-sex couples in Spain. Historical, contextual and symbolic factors|url=https://same-sex.web.ined.fr/WWW/04Doc124Ignacio.pdf|author=Galán, José Ignacio Pichardo|publisher=Institut national d'études démographiques|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref>
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|<!--Gender identity/expression-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2007-5585|title=Ley 3/2007, de 15 de marzo, reguladora de la rectificación registral de la mención relativa al sexo de las personas.|date=16 March 2007|website=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|language=es}}</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2007-5585|title=Ley 3/2007, de 15 de marzo, reguladora de la rectificación registral de la mención relativa al sexo de las personas.|date=16 March 2007|website=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|language=es}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|Ceuta}} [[Ceuta]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous city]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|{{flag icon|Ceuta}} [[Ceuta]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous city]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA" />
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA" />
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto union since 1998<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ceuta.es/ceuta/la-institucion/normativa/46-paginas/paginas/normativa/110-reglamento-regulador-del-registro-de-uniones-de-hecho-de-11-de-septiembre-de-1998|title=Reglamento regulador del Registro de Uniones de Hecho, de 11 de septiembre de 1998|date=11 September 1998|website=Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta|language=es}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto union since 1998<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ceuta.es/ceuta/la-institucion/normativa/46-paginas/paginas/normativa/110-reglamento-regulador-del-registro-de-uniones-de-hecho-de-11-de-septiembre-de-1998|title=Reglamento regulador del Registro de Uniones de Hecho, de 11 de septiembre de 1998|date=11 September 1998|website=Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta|language=es}}</ref>
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3" />
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3" />
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|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[LGBT rights in Egypt|Egypt]]
|{{flag icon|Egypt}} [[LGBT rights in Egypt|Egypt]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/ [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Ambiguous. Male ''[[de jure]]'' legal, but ''[[de facto]]'' illegal since 2000<br />Penalty: Up to 17 years imprisonment with or without hard labour and with or without fines under broadly-written morality laws.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/EGYPT/Law|title=Egypt (Law)|website=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association|ILGA]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711104602/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/EGYPT/Law|archive-date=11 July 2014|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/ [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Ambiguous. Male ''[[de jure]]'' legal, but ''[[de facto]]'' illegal since 2000<br />Penalty: Up to 17 years imprisonment with or without hard labour and with or without fines under broadly-written morality laws.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/EGYPT/Law|title=Egypt (Law)|website=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association|ILGA]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711104602/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/EGYPT/Law|archive-date=11 July 2014|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|{{flagicon|Libya}} [[LGBT rights in Libya|Libya]]
|{{flag icon|Libya}} [[LGBT rights in Libya|Libya]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1953<br>Penalty: Up to 5 years in jail or vigilante execution.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/libya-gay-men-prisoners-torture-death-_n_2192481.html|title=Libyan 'Gay' Men Face Torture, Death By Militia: Report (GRAPHIC)|date=26 November 2012|website=HuffPost}}</ref><ref name="dandc.eu">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/situation-homosexuals-libya-getting-worse|title=Less than human|last=Fhelboom|first=Reda|date=2015-06-22|website=Development and Cooperation}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1953<br>Penalty: Up to 5 years in jail or vigilante execution.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/libya-gay-men-prisoners-torture-death-_n_2192481.html|title=Libyan 'Gay' Men Face Torture, Death By Militia: Report (GRAPHIC)|date=26 November 2012|website=HuffPost}}</ref><ref name="dandc.eu">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/situation-homosexuals-libya-getting-worse|title=Less than human|last=Fhelboom|first=Reda|date=2015-06-22|website=Development and Cooperation}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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| {{flagicon|Madeira}} [[Madeira]]<br /><small>(Autonomous region of [[Portugal]])</small>
| {{flag icon|Madeira}} [[Madeira]]<br /><small>(Autonomous region of [[Portugal]])</small>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1983<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA" />
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1983<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA" />
|<!--Civil union-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[De facto union in Portugal|De facto union since 2001]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2001/05/109a00/27972798.pdf|title=Lei n.ᵒ 7/2001|date=11 May 2001|website=Diário da República Eletrónico|at=Article 1, no. 1|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade-nacional/deputados-parlamento-unioes-de-facto-tvi24-ultimas-noticias/1073492-4555.html |title=AR altera lei das uniões de facto |language=Portuguese |date=July 3, 2009 |website=TVI 24 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715023421/http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade-nacional/deputados-parlamento-unioes-de-facto-tvi24-ultimas-noticias/1073492-4555.html |archive-date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>
|<!--Civil union-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[De facto union in Portugal|De facto union since 2001]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2001/05/109a00/27972798.pdf|title=Lei n.ᵒ 7/2001|date=11 May 2001|website=Diário da República Eletrónico|at=Article 1, no. 1|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade-nacional/deputados-parlamento-unioes-de-facto-tvi24-ultimas-noticias/1073492-4555.html |title=AR altera lei das uniões de facto |language=Portuguese |date=July 3, 2009 |website=TVI 24 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715023421/http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade-nacional/deputados-parlamento-unioes-de-facto-tvi24-ultimas-noticias/1073492-4555.html |archive-date=July 15, 2009}}</ref>
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|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2011, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/meps-welcome-new-gender-change-law-in-portugal-concerned-about-lithuania/ |title=MEPs welcome new gender change law in Portugal; concerned about Lithuania |date=March 21, 2011 |website=The European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206194058/http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/meps-welcome-new-gender-change-law-in-portugal-concerned-about-lithuania/ |archive-date=February 6, 2012}}</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2011, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/meps-welcome-new-gender-change-law-in-portugal-concerned-about-lithuania/ |title=MEPs welcome new gender change law in Portugal; concerned about Lithuania |date=March 21, 2011 |website=The European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206194058/http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/meps-welcome-new-gender-change-law-in-portugal-concerned-about-lithuania/ |archive-date=February 6, 2012}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|Melilla}} [[LGBT rights in Spain|Melilla]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous city]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|{{flag icon|Melilla}} [[LGBT rights in Spain|Melilla]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous city]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA" />
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br />+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA" />
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto union since 2008<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.melilla.es/melillaPortal/RecursosWeb/DOCUMENTOS/1/0_1735_1.pdf|title=REGLAMENTO REGULADOR DEL REGISTRO DE PAREJAS DE HECHO DE LA CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MELILLA|language=es|access-date=2019-05-23|date=2008-02-01|trans-title=REGULATORY REGULATION OF THE REGISTER OF COUPLES IN FACT OF THE CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MELILLA}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto union since 2008<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.melilla.es/melillaPortal/RecursosWeb/DOCUMENTOS/1/0_1735_1.pdf|title=REGLAMENTO REGULADOR DEL REGISTRO DE PAREJAS DE HECHO DE LA CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MELILLA|language=es|access-date=2019-05-23|date=2008-02-01|trans-title=REGULATORY REGULATION OF THE REGISTER OF COUPLES IN FACT OF THE CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MELILLA}}</ref>
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3" />
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3" />
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|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[LGBT rights in Morocco|Morocco]]<br /><small>(including [[Southern Provinces]])</small>
|{{flag icon|Morocco}} [[LGBT rights in Morocco|Morocco]]<br /><small>(including [[Southern Provinces]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1962<br />Penalty: Up to 3 to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Morocco (Law)|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/MOROCCO/Law|website=ilga.org|publisher=[[ILGA-Europe|ILGA]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724010859/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/MOROCCO/Law|archive-date=24 July 2014}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1962<br />Penalty: Up to 3 to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Morocco (Law)|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/MOROCCO/Law|website=ilga.org|publisher=[[ILGA-Europe|ILGA]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724010859/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/MOROCCO/Law|archive-date=24 July 2014}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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| {{flagicon|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} [[LGBT rights in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]<br /><small>(Disputed territory; excluding [[Southern Provinces]])</small>
| {{flag icon|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} [[LGBT rights in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]<br /><small>(Disputed territory; excluding [[Southern Provinces]])</small>
|<!--Legal status--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nvt8el4QtPwC&dq=spain+1932+homosexuality&pg=PA723|title=Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. Gay histories and cultures. Vol. 2|date=8 November 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|via=Google Books|isbn=9780815333548}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UB/AVAILABLE/TDX-0528107-122248//02.CSV_PARTE_2.pdf |title=La junta de protección a la infancia de Barcelona: Aproximación histórica y guía de su archivo |access-date=20 January 2011}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br />Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nvt8el4QtPwC&dq=spain+1932+homosexuality&pg=PA723|title=Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. Gay histories and cultures. Vol. 2|date=8 November 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|via=Google Books|isbn=9780815333548}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UB/AVAILABLE/TDX-0528107-122248//02.CSV_PARTE_2.pdf |title=La junta de protección a la infancia de Barcelona: Aproximación histórica y guía de su archivo |access-date=20 January 2011}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|{{flagicon|Sudan}} [[LGBT rights in Sudan|Sudan]]
|{{flag icon|Sudan}} [[LGBT rights in Sudan|Sudan]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1899 (as [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]])<br />Penalty: Life imprisonment for a third offense of anal sex.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.curvemag.com/global/africa/reforms-in-sudan-result-in-removal-of-death-penalty-and-flogging-for-same-sex-relations/ |title=Reforms In Sudan Result In Removal Of Death Penalty And Flogging For Same-Sex Relations |website=curvemag.com |date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1899 (as [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]])<br />Penalty: Life imprisonment for a third offense of anal sex.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.curvemag.com/global/africa/reforms-in-sudan-result-in-removal-of-death-penalty-and-flogging-for-same-sex-relations/ |title=Reforms In Sudan Result In Removal Of Death Penalty And Flogging For Same-Sex Relations |website=curvemag.com |date=16 July 2020 }}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|-
|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[LGBT rights in Tunisia|Tunisia]]
|{{flag icon|Tunisia}} [[LGBT rights in Tunisia|Tunisia]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1913 (as the [[French protectorate of Tunisia]])<br />Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Tunisia (Law) |url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/TUNISIA/Law |website=International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704001406/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/TUNISIA/Law |archive-date=4 July 2014}}</ref><br /><ref name="nbc">{{#invoke:Cite news||url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/tunisian-presidential-committee-recommends-decriminalizing-homosexuality-n883726|title=Tunisian presidential committee recommends decriminalizing homosexuality|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1913 (as the [[French protectorate of Tunisia]])<br />Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Tunisia (Law) |url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/TUNISIA/Law |website=International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704001406/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/TUNISIA/Law |archive-date=4 July 2014}}</ref><br /><ref name="nbc">{{#invoke:Cite news||url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/tunisian-presidential-committee-recommends-decriminalizing-homosexuality-n883726|title=Tunisian presidential committee recommends decriminalizing homosexuality|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-06-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Benin}} [[LGBT rights in Benin|Benin]]
|{{flag icon|Benin}} [[LGBT rights in Benin|Benin]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Benin (Law)|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/BENIN/Law|website=ilga.org|publisher=[[ILGA-Europe|ILGA]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703222724/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/BENIN/Law|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref><br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Benin (Law)|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/BENIN/Law|website=ilga.org|publisher=[[ILGA-Europe|ILGA]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703222724/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/BENIN/Law|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref><br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[LGBT rights in Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]]
|{{flag icon|Burkina Faso}} [[LGBT rights in Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal, Criminalization pending since 2024 (Law hasn't come into effect yet) <ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1jx8zxexmo</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 1991
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 1991
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[LGBT rights in Cape Verde|Cape Verde]]
|{{flag icon|Cape Verde}} [[LGBT rights in Cape Verde|Cape Verde]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2004<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2004<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] <!--appears to be legal per US state dept 1997, more specific source needed-->
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] <!--appears to be legal per US state dept 1997, more specific source needed-->
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Gambia}} [[LGBT rights in the Gambia|Gambia]]
|{{flag icon|Gambia}} [[LGBT rights in the Gambia|Gambia]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1888 (as the [[Gambia Colony and Protectorate]])<br>Penalty: Up to Iife imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/09/gambia-passes-bill-life-imprisonment-homosexual-acts |title=The Gambia passes bill imposing life sentences for some homosexual acts &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref name="bbc.com" />
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1888 (as the [[Gambia Colony and Protectorate]])<br>Penalty: Up to Iife imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/09/gambia-passes-bill-life-imprisonment-homosexual-acts |title=The Gambia passes bill imposing life sentences for some homosexual acts &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref name="bbc.com" />
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression criminalized since 2013<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Gambia outlaws cross-dressing |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/gambia-outlaws-cross-dressing/news-story/91623e85c12103a7205eb56da4329829 |website=news.com.au |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression criminalized since 2013<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Gambia outlaws cross-dressing |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/gambia-outlaws-cross-dressing/news-story/91623e85c12103a7205eb56da4329829 |website=news.com.au |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[LGBT rights in Ghana|Ghana]]
|{{flag icon|Ghana}} [[LGBT rights in Ghana|Ghana]]
|<!--Legal status-->{{ubl|[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1892 (as the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]) |Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment (repeal disputed)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Darkwa|first=Jacqueline|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/ghana-anti-gay-law-lgbt-angel-maxine |title=Ghana's anti-LGBTIQ bill: Activists are preparing to fight |website=openDemocracy |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Zane|first=Damian|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67518215 |title=Ghana Cardinal Peter Turkson: It's time to understand homosexuality |work=BBC News |access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref> | [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female legal, Criminalisation pending 2024<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{multiref2|1={{Cite news |date=29 February 2024 |last=Naadi |first=Thomas |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68353437|title=Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegal|access-date=2024-03-07 |quote=The bill{{nbsp}}... will come into effect only if President Nana Akufo-Addo signs it into law.}}|2={{cite news |author1=Maxwell Akalaare Adombila|others=Additional reporting: Karin Strohecker |title=Ghana's top court postpones hearing on challenge to anti-LGBTQ bill |date=9 May 2024 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghanas-top-court-postpones-hearing-challenge-anti-lgbtq-bill-2024-05-08/ |work=Reuters|quote=Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo{{nbsp}}... adjourn[ing the] first{{nbsp}}... hearing on the challenges without setting a new date further delays any resolution on a bill that, if signed into law{{nbsp}}...}} }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Ghana (Law)|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/GHANA/Law|website=ilga.org|publisher=[[ILGA-Europe|ILGA]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703230515/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/GHANA/Law|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref> }}
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Ilegal. Penalty: Up to 10 years in prison with fines.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68353437</ref>
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[LGBT rights in Guinea|Guinea]]
|{{flag icon|Guinea}} [[LGBT rights in Guinea|Guinea]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1988<br>Penalty: 6 months to 10 years imprisonment.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.xpats.io/sexual-minorities/ |title=Sexual Minorities: Their Treatment Across the World |website=Xpats.io |date=11 January 2010 }}</ref>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1988<br>Penalty: 6 months to 10 years imprisonment.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.xpats.io/sexual-minorities/ |title=Sexual Minorities: Their Treatment Across the World |website=Xpats.io |date=11 January 2010 }}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} [[LGBT rights in Guinea-Bissau|Guinea-Bissau]]
|{{flag icon|Guinea-Bissau}} [[LGBT rights in Guinea-Bissau|Guinea-Bissau]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1993<ref name="ILGA"/><br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1993<ref name="ILGA"/><br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[LGBT rights in Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast]]
|{{flag icon|Ivory Coast}} [[LGBT rights in Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[LGBT rights in Liberia|Liberia]]
|{{flag icon|Liberia}} [[LGBT rights in Liberia|Liberia]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1976<br>Penalty: 1 year imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/liberia |title=LGBT Rights in Liberia |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118224602/http://www.equaldex.com/region/liberia |archive-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> (repeal disputed)
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1976<br>Penalty: 1 year imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/liberia |title=LGBT Rights in Liberia |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118224602/http://www.equaldex.com/region/liberia |archive-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> (repeal proposed)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Bridgett |date=2024-07-19 |title=Liberia: House to Review Anti-Homosexuality Law |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202407190115.html |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The New Dawn |language=en}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mali}} [[LGBT rights in Mali|Mali]]
|{{flag icon|Mali}} [[LGBT rights in Mali|Mali]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref>[https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/11/07/mali-outlaws-homosexuality-for-the-first-time/]</ref> Illegal since November 2024<ref>[https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/11/07/mali-outlaws-homosexuality-for-the-first-time/]</ref><ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/23/mali-approves-constitutional-amendments-in-a-referendum |title=Malians approve amendments to constitution in referendum |date=June 23, 2023 |website=Aljazeera |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623210607/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/23/mali-approves-constitutional-amendments-in-a-referendum |archive-date=June 23, 2023}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/23/mali-approves-constitutional-amendments-in-a-referendum |title=Malians approve amendments to constitution in referendum |date=June 23, 2023 |website=Aljazeera |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623210607/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/23/mali-approves-constitutional-amendments-in-a-referendum |archive-date=June 23, 2023}}</ref>
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus">{{cite web|last=Hoppe|first=Sascha|title=Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2023|url=https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/blog/spartacus-gay-travel-index-2023/|access-date=31 March 2023|website=Spartacus Gay Travel Blog|date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus">{{cite web|last=Hoppe|first=Sascha|title=Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2023|url=https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/blog/spartacus-gay-travel-index-2023/|access-date=31 March 2023|website=Spartacus Gay Travel Blog|date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[LGBT rights in Mauritania|Mauritania]]
|{{flag icon|Mauritania}} [[LGBT rights in Mauritania|Mauritania]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1983<br> Penalty: [[Capital punishment]] for men, (not enforced); prison and a fine for women.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/mauritania |title=LGBT Rights in Mauritania |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213223346/http://www.equaldex.com/region/mauritania |archive-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status--> [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1983<br> Penalty: [[Capital punishment]] for men, (not enforced); prison and a fine for women.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/mauritania |title=LGBT Rights in Mauritania |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213223346/http://www.equaldex.com/region/mauritania |archive-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Niger}} [[LGBT rights in Niger|Niger]]
|{{flag icon|Niger}} [[LGBT rights in Niger|Niger]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[LGBT rights in Nigeria|Nigeria]]
|{{flag icon|Nigeria}} [[LGBT rights in Nigeria|Nigeria]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1904 ([[Northern Nigeria Protectorate|Northern Region]] only)<br>Illegal since 1916 ([[Colonial Nigeria|Region-wide]])<br>Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment.<br /> [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] Death in the states of [[Bauchi State|Bauchi]], [[Borno State|Borno]], [[Gombe State|Gombe]], [[Jigawa State|Jigawa]], [[Kaduna State|Kaduna]], [[Kano State|Kano]], [[Katsina State|Katsina]], [[Kebbi State|Kebbi]], [[Niger State|Niger]], [[Sokoto State|Sokoto]], [[Yobe State|Yobe]], and [[Zamfara State|Zamfara]]. (not enforced)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Nigeria (Law)|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/NIGERIA/Law|website=ilga.org|publisher=[[ILGA-Europe|ILGA]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703235452/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/NIGERIA/Law|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="bbc.com" />
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1904 ([[Northern Nigeria Protectorate|Northern Region]] only)<br>Illegal since 1916 ([[Colonial Nigeria|Region-wide]])<br>Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment.<br /> [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] Death in the states of [[Bauchi State|Bauchi]], [[Borno State|Borno]], [[Gombe State|Gombe]], [[Jigawa State|Jigawa]], [[Kaduna State|Kaduna]], [[Kano State|Kano]], [[Katsina State|Katsina]], [[Kebbi State|Kebbi]], [[Niger State|Niger]], [[Sokoto State|Sokoto]], [[Yobe State|Yobe]], and [[Zamfara State|Zamfara]]. (not enforced)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Nigeria (Law)|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/NIGERIA/Law|website=ilga.org|publisher=[[ILGA-Europe|ILGA]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703235452/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/NIGERIA/Law|archive-date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="bbc.com" />
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression criminalized in Sharia provinces.
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression criminalized in Sharia provinces.
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Saint Helena}} [[LGBT rights in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|{{flag icon|Saint Helena}} [[LGBT rights in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[LGBT rights in Senegal|Senegal]]
|{{flag icon|Senegal}} [[LGBT rights in Senegal|Senegal]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1966<br>Penalty: 1 to 5 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/senegal|title=LGBT Rights in Senegal|website=Equaldex}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1966<br>Penalty: 1 to 5 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/senegal|title=LGBT Rights in Senegal|website=Equaldex}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[LGBT rights in Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]
|{{flag icon|Sierra Leone}} [[LGBT rights in Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1861 (as the [[Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate]])<br>Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (Not enforced, repeal disputed).<br> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1861 (as the [[Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate]])<br>Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (Not enforced, repeal disputed).<br> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Togo}} [[LGBT rights in Togo|Togo]]
|{{flag icon|Togo}} [[LGBT rights in Togo|Togo]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1980<br>Penalty: Fine and 3 years imprisonment <ref name="ILGA"/> (repeal proposed)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salerno|first=Rob|url=https://76crimes.com/2023/01/09/2022-in-worldwide-lgbt-rights-progress-part-5-global-trends/ |title=2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2023-01-09}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1980<br>Penalty: Fine and 3 years imprisonment <ref name="ILGA"/> (repeal proposed)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salerno|first=Rob|url=https://76crimes.com/2023/01/09/2022-in-worldwide-lgbt-rights-progress-part-5-global-trends/ |title=2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2023-01-09}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[LGBT rights in Cameroon|Cameroon]]
|{{flag icon|Cameroon}} [[LGBT rights in Cameroon|Cameroon]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1972<br>Penalty: Fines to 5 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-25927595 |title=Where is it illegal to be gay? - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.com |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref> or vigilante execution and torture,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/cameroonian-lgbti-activist-found-tortured-death-home |title=Cameroonian LGBTI activist found tortured to death in home |website=glaad.org |date=17 July 2013 }}</ref> (repeal disputed)
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1972<br>Penalty: Fines to 5 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-25927595 |title=Where is it illegal to be gay? - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.com |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref> or vigilante execution and torture,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/cameroonian-lgbti-activist-found-tortured-death-home |title=Cameroonian LGBTI activist found tortured to death in home |website=glaad.org |date=17 July 2013 }}</ref> (repeal proposed) <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kojoué |first=Larissa |date=2024-07-18 |url= https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/18/cameroon-first-daughter-calls-decriminalization-same-sex-conduct |title= Cameroon First Daughter Calls for Decriminalization of Same-Sex Conduct |website= www.hrw.org}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Central African Republic}} [[LGBT rights in the Central African Republic|Central African Republic]]
|{{flag icon|Central African Republic}} [[LGBT rights in the Central African Republic|Central African Republic]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/><br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/><br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Chad}} [[LGBT rights in Chad|Chad]]
|{{flag icon|Chad}} [[LGBT rights in Chad|Chad]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2017<br>Penalty: Between 3 months and 2 years in prison, with fines of 50,000 to 500,000 FCFA. (Penal Code, Chapter 2, Article 354) <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.droit-afrique.com/uploads/Tchad-Code-penal-2017.pdf |title= Code Pénal du 8 mai 2017|website= droit-afrique.com}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2017<br>Penalty: Between 3 months and 2 years in prison, with fines of 50,000 to 500,000 FCFA. (Penal Code, Chapter 2, Article 354) <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.droit-afrique.com/uploads/Tchad-Code-penal-2017.pdf |title= Code Pénal du 8 mai 2017|website= droit-afrique.com}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[LGBT rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|{{flag icon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[LGBT rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2005
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2006
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} [[LGBT rights in the Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]]
|{{flag icon|Republic of the Congo}} [[LGBT rights in the Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Equatorial Guinea}} [[LGBT rights in Equatorial Guinea|Equatorial Guinea]]
|{{flag icon|Equatorial Guinea}} [[LGBT rights in Equatorial Guinea|Equatorial Guinea]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[LGBT rights in Gabon|Gabon]]
|{{flag icon|Gabon}} [[LGBT rights in Gabon|Gabon]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2020<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Gabon lawmakers vote to decriminalise homosexuality |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gabon-lgbt-lawmaking-idUSKBN23U3HH |access-date=1 July 2020 |work=Reuters |agency=Reuters |date=24 June 2020}}</ref>;<br/>Age of consent discrepancy,<br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2020<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Gabon lawmakers vote to decriminalise homosexuality |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gabon-lgbt-lawmaking-idUSKBN23U3HH |access-date=1 July 2020 |work=Reuters |agency=Reuters |date=24 June 2020}}</ref>;<br/>Age of consent discrepancy,<br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2024
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|São Tomé and Príncipe}} [[LGBT rights in São Tomé and Príncipe|São Tomé and Príncipe]]
|{{flag icon|São Tomé and Príncipe}} [[LGBT rights in São Tomé and Príncipe|São Tomé and Príncipe]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2012<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2012<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mendos |first=Lucas Ramon |date=2020-12-01 |title=State-Sponsored Homophobia |url=https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf}}</ref>
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|}
|}
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! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Burundi}} [[LGBT rights in Burundi|Burundi]]
|{{flag icon|Burundi}} [[LGBT rights in Burundi|Burundi]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2009<br>Penalty: fine, and 3 months to 2 years imprisonment. <ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/burundi-abolishes-death-penalty-bans-homosexuality-20090427 |title=Everything you need to know about human rights. |website=Amnesty International |date=2015-09-25 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref> (repeal disputed)
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2009<br>Penalty: fine, and 3 months to 2 years imprisonment. <ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/burundi-abolishes-death-penalty-bans-homosexuality-20090427 |title=Everything you need to know about human rights. |website=Amnesty International |date=2015-09-25 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref> (repeal disputed)
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Djibouti}} [[LGBT rights in Djibouti|Djibouti]]
|{{flag icon|Djibouti}} [[LGBT rights in Djibouti|Djibouti]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) <ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/252887.pdf| title=DJIBOUTI 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) <ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/252887.pdf| title=DJIBOUTI 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Eritrea}} [[LGBT rights in Eritrea|Eritrea]]
|{{flag icon|Eritrea}} [[LGBT rights in Eritrea|Eritrea]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/eritrea |title=LGBT Rights in Eritrea |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204133855/http://www.equaldex.com/region/eritrea |archive-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref> or vigilate execution<ref name="Asokan">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.consultancyafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1170:a-bludgeoned-horn-eritreas-abuses-and-guilt-by-association-policy-&catid=91:rights-in-focus&Itemid=296|title=A bludgeoned horn: Eritrea's abuses and 'guilt by association' policy.'|last=Asokan|first=Ishan|date=16 November 2012|publisher=Consultancy Africa Intelligence|access-date=3 November 2013}}</ref> Beatings and torture are also tolerated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/un-investigator-eritreans-experienced-torture-sexual-violence-during-national-service/7215918.html |title=UN Investigator: Eritreans experienced torture, sexual violence during national service |date=August 8, 2023 |website=VOA News |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809031607/https://www.voanews.com/a/un-investigator-eritreans-experienced-torture-sexual-violence-during-national-service/7215918.html |archive-date=August 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sl/press-room/20101216IPR10868/human-rights-eritrean-refugees-anti-gay-law-in-uganda-and-caning-in-malaysia |title=Human rights: Eritrean refugees in Sinai, anti-homosexual bill in Uganda and caning in Malaysia |date=December 16, 2010 |website=Novice |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514001034/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sl/press-room/20101216IPR10868/human-rights-eritrean-refugees-anti-gay-law-in-uganda-and-caning-in-malaysia |archive-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.equaldex.com/region/eritrea |title=LGBT Rights in Eritrea |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204133855/http://www.equaldex.com/region/eritrea |archive-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref> or vigilate execution<ref name="Asokan">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.consultancyafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1170:a-bludgeoned-horn-eritreas-abuses-and-guilt-by-association-policy-&catid=91:rights-in-focus&Itemid=296|title=A bludgeoned horn: Eritrea's abuses and 'guilt by association' policy.'|last=Asokan|first=Ishan|date=16 November 2012|publisher=Consultancy Africa Intelligence|access-date=3 November 2013}}</ref> Beatings and torture are also tolerated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/un-investigator-eritreans-experienced-torture-sexual-violence-during-national-service/7215918.html |title=UN Investigator: Eritreans experienced torture, sexual violence during national service |date=August 8, 2023 |website=VOA News |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809031607/https://www.voanews.com/a/un-investigator-eritreans-experienced-torture-sexual-violence-during-national-service/7215918.html |archive-date=August 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sl/press-room/20101216IPR10868/human-rights-eritrean-refugees-anti-gay-law-in-uganda-and-caning-in-malaysia |title=Human rights: Eritrean refugees in Sinai, anti-homosexual bill in Uganda and caning in Malaysia |date=December 16, 2010 |website=Novice |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514001034/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sl/press-room/20101216IPR10868/human-rights-eritrean-refugees-anti-gay-law-in-uganda-and-caning-in-malaysia |archive-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[LGBT rights in Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
|{{flag icon|Ethiopia}} [[LGBT rights in Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 15 years. <ref name="ILGA"/> (repeal disputed) <ref>{{cite web| url=https://genderit.org/feminist-talk/why-it-good-ethiopians-are-debating-homosexuality | title= Why it is good that Ethiopians are debating homosexuality? | publisher= genderit.org | access-date= 2019-06-14}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 15 years. <ref name="ILGA"/> (repeal disputed) <ref>{{cite web| url=https://genderit.org/feminist-talk/why-it-good-ethiopians-are-debating-homosexuality | title= Why it is good that Ethiopians are debating homosexuality? | publisher= genderit.org | access-date= 2019-06-14}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[LGBT rights in Kenya|Kenya]]
|{{flag icon|Kenya}} [[LGBT rights in Kenya|Kenya]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1897 (as the [[East Africa Protectorate]])<br>Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed) <ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://76crimes.com/2024/01/05/2023-world-same-sex-marriage-and-lgbt-rights-progress-part-6-global-trends/ |title=2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 6: Global Trends |last=Salerno |first=Rob |date= 2024-01-04}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1897 (as the [[East Africa Protectorate]])<br>Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed) <ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://76crimes.com/2024/01/05/2023-world-same-sex-marriage-and-lgbt-rights-progress-part-6-global-trends/ |title=2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 6: Global Trends |last=Salerno |first=Rob |date= 2024-01-04}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://outrightinternational.org/region/kenya |title= OutRight Action International: Kenya}}</ref>
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://outrightinternational.org/region/kenya |title= OutRight Action International: Kenya}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Rwanda}} [[LGBT rights in Rwanda|Rwanda]]
|{{flag icon|Rwanda}} [[LGBT rights in Rwanda|Rwanda]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/><br>+ UN decl. sign.
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<ref name="ILGA"/><br>+ UN decl. sign.
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Rwanda_2015.pdf?lang=en |title=Rwanda's Constitution of 2003 with Amendments through 2015 |date= 2023-06-20}}</ref>
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[LGBT rights in Somalia|Somalia]]
|{{flag icon|Somalia}} [[LGBT rights in Somalia|Somalia]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 3 years prison.<br>{{flagicon|Jubaland}} [[Jubaland]] [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] Illegal. Penalty: Up to death in Jubaland.{{cn|date=July 2020}}
||<!--Legal status--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 3 years prison.<br>{{flag icon|Jubaland}} [[Jubaland]] [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] Illegal. Penalty: Up to death in Jubaland.{{cn|date=July 2020}}
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
| {{flagicon|Somaliland}} [[LGBT rights in Somaliland|Somaliland]]<br><small>(Disputed territory)</small>
| {{flag icon|Somaliland}} [[LGBT rights in Somaliland|Somaliland]]<br><small>(Disputed territory)</small>
|<!--Legal status--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 3 years prison, sometimes death sentences.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=‘Don’t come back, they’ll kill you for being gay’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53438112 |agency=BBC NEWS |date=2020}}</ref>
|<!--Legal status--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to 3 years prison, sometimes death sentences.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=‘Don’t come back, they’ll kill you for being gay’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53438112 |agency=BBC NEWS |date=2020}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|South Sudan}} [[LGBT rights in South Sudan|South Sudan]]
|{{flag icon|South Sudan}} [[LGBT rights in South Sudan|South Sudan]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1899 (as [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]])<br />Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment. (not enforced) <ref name="ILGA" /><ref name="bbc.com" />
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1899 (as [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]])<br />Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment. (not enforced) <ref name="ILGA" /><ref name="bbc.com" />
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression are criminalized.
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression are criminalized.
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[LGBT rights in Tanzania|Tanzania]]
|{{flag icon|Tanzania}} [[LGBT rights in Tanzania|Tanzania]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1864 (only [[Zanzibar]])<br>Illegal since 1899<br>Penalty: Up to life imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" /> Vigilante executions, beatings and torture<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://ssl-proxy.my-addr.org/myaddrproxy.php/https/2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/220379.pdf |title=2013 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT |publisher=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices |page=33 |date=2013 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/06/tanzania-mixed-messages-anti-gay-persecution |title=Tanzania: Mixed Messages on Anti-Gay Persecution |website=hrw.org |date=6 November 2018 }}</ref> are also tolerated.
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1864 (only [[Zanzibar]])<br>Illegal since 1899<br>Penalty: Up to life imprisonment.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" /> Vigilante executions, beatings and torture<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://ssl-proxy.my-addr.org/myaddrproxy.php/https/2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/220379.pdf |title=2013 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT |publisher=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices |page=33 |date=2013 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/06/tanzania-mixed-messages-anti-gay-persecution |title=Tanzania: Mixed Messages on Anti-Gay Persecution |website=hrw.org |date=6 November 2018 }}</ref> are also tolerated.
||<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Uganda}} [[LGBT rights in Uganda|Uganda]]
|{{flag icon|Uganda}} [[LGBT rights in Uganda|Uganda]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1902 (as [[Protectorate of Uganda|Protectorate]])<br>Female illegal since 2000<br>Penalty: Life imprisonment, Death penalty in some cases, Beatings, torture, or vigilante execution. <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/africa/28uganda.html|title=David Kato, Gay Rights Activist, Is Killed in Uganda|first=Jeffrey|last=Gettleman|date=8 November 2017|via=www.nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uganda-anti-homosexuality-bill-death-penalty-nsbm3m7k0 | title=Uganda anti-homosexuality bill sets death penalty as punishment| website=[[The Times]]|date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1902 (as [[Protectorate of Uganda|Protectorate]])<br>Female illegal since 2000<br>Penalty: Life imprisonment, Death penalty in some cases, Beatings, torture, or vigilante execution. <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/africa/28uganda.html|title=David Kato, Gay Rights Activist, Is Killed in Uganda|first=Jeffrey|last=Gettleman|date=8 November 2017|via=www.nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uganda-anti-homosexuality-bill-death-penalty-nsbm3m7k0 | title=Uganda anti-homosexuality bill sets death penalty as punishment| website=[[The Times]]|date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Comoros}} [[LGBT rights in Comoros|Comoros]]
|{{flag icon|Comoros}} [[LGBT rights in Comoros|Comoros]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1982<br> Penalty: 5 years imprisonment and fines. (not enforced)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.equaldex.com/region/comoros |title=LGBT Rights in Comoros |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118224933/https://www.equaldex.com/region/comoros |archive-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1982<br> Penalty: 5 years imprisonment and fines. (not enforced)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.equaldex.com/region/comoros |title=LGBT Rights in Comoros |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118224933/https://www.equaldex.com/region/comoros |archive-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[LGBT rights in France|French Southern and Antarctic Lands]]<br><small>(Overseas territory of [[LGBT rights in France|France]])</small>
|{{flag icon|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}} [[LGBT rights in France|French Southern and Antarctic Lands]]<br><small>(Overseas territory of [[LGBT rights in France|France]])</small>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the territory)<ref name="ILGA"/>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the territory)<ref name="ILGA"/>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Madagascar}} [[LGBT rights in Madagascar|Madagascar]]
|{{flag icon|Madagascar}} [[LGBT rights in Madagascar|Madagascar]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);<br/>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mauritius}} [[LGBT rights in Mauritius|Mauritius]]
|{{flag icon|Mauritius}} [[LGBT rights in Mauritius|Mauritius]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2023<ref name="Human Dignity Trust">{{cite web |title=Mauritius Supreme Court rules law targeting LGBT people is unconstitutional |url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/news/mauritius-supreme-court-rules-law-targeting-lgbt-people-is-unconstitutional/ |website=Human Dignity Trust |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref><br>+ UN decl. sign.
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2023<ref name="Human Dignity Trust">{{cite web |title=Mauritius Supreme Court rules law targeting LGBT people is unconstitutional |url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/news/mauritius-supreme-court-rules-law-targeting-lgbt-people-is-unconstitutional/ |website=Human Dignity Trust |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref><br>+ UN decl. sign.
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mayotte}} [[LGBT rights in France|Mayotte]]<br><small>(Overseas region of [[LGBT rights in France|France]])</small>
|{{flag icon|Mayotte}} [[LGBT rights in France|Mayotte]]<br><small>(Overseas region of [[LGBT rights in France|France]])</small>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the region)<ref name="ILGA"/>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the region)<ref name="ILGA"/>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 2007
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 2007
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Réunion}} [[LGBT rights in France|Réunion]]<br><small>(Overseas region of [[LGBT rights in France|France]])</small>
|{{flag icon|Réunion}} [[LGBT rights in France|Réunion]]<br><small>(Overseas region of [[LGBT rights in France|France]])</small>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<ref name="ILGA"/>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<ref name="ILGA"/>
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Seychelles}} [[LGBT rights in Seychelles|Seychelles]]
|{{flag icon|Seychelles}} [[LGBT rights in Seychelles|Seychelles]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2016<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://76crimes.com/2016/05/18/tiny-african-victory-seychelles-repeals-ban-on-gay-sex/|title=Tiny African victory: Seychelles repeals ban on gay sex|date=18 May 2016}}</ref><br>+ UN decl. sign.
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2016<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://76crimes.com/2016/05/18/tiny-african-victory-seychelles-repeals-ban-on-gay-sex/|title=Tiny African victory: Seychelles repeals ban on gay sex|date=18 May 2016}}</ref><br>+ UN decl. sign.
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''some''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|}
|}
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! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Angola}} [[LGBT rights in Angola|Angola]]
|{{flag icon|Angola}} [[LGBT rights in Angola|Angola]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2021 <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Diario da Republica|url=https://governo.gov.ao/fotos/frontend_1/gov_documentos/novo_codigo_penal_905151145fad02b10cd11.pdf|language=pt}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2021 <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Diario da Republica|url=https://governo.gov.ao/fotos/frontend_1/gov_documentos/novo_codigo_penal_905151145fad02b10cd11.pdf|language=pt}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] May possibly change gender under the ''Código do Registro Civil 2015''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Angola.pdf |title=Transgender Rights in Angola |publisher=Southern Africa litigation Centre |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190705/http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Angola.pdf |archive-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref>
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] May possibly change gender under the ''Código do Registro Civil 2015''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Angola.pdf |title=Transgender Rights in Angola |publisher=Southern Africa litigation Centre |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190705/http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Angola.pdf |archive-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Botswana}} [[LGBT rights in Botswana|Botswana]]
|{{flag icon|Botswana}} [[LGBT rights in Botswana|Botswana]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|No]] Legal since 2019 <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/africa/botswana-lgbtq-ruling-intl/index.html|title=Botswana scraps gay sex laws in big victory for LGBTQ rights in Africa|first=Kara|last=Fox|website=CNN}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|No]] Legal since 2019 <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/africa/botswana-lgbtq-ruling-intl/index.html|title=Botswana scraps gay sex laws in big victory for LGBTQ rights in Africa|first=Kara|last=Fox|website=CNN}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal gender change recognized as a constitutional right since 2017<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/2017/09/29/press-release-botswana-high-court-rules-in-landmark-gender-identity-case/|title=NEWS RELEASE: BOTSWANA HIGH COURT RULES IN LANDMARK GENDER IDENTITY CASE – SALC}}</ref>
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal gender change recognized as a constitutional right since 2017<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/2017/09/29/press-release-botswana-high-court-rules-in-landmark-gender-identity-case/|title=NEWS RELEASE: BOTSWANA HIGH COURT RULES IN LANDMARK GENDER IDENTITY CASE – SALC}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Eswatini}} [[LGBT rights in Eswatini|Eswatini]]
|{{flag icon|Eswatini}} [[LGBT rights in Eswatini|Eswatini]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since the 1880s (not enforced, repeal proposed)<br>Penalty: Unknown<br> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" />
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since the 1880s (not enforced, repeal proposed)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Colin |date=2024-04-10 |title=Eswatini LGBTIQ activists challenge ultra-conservative attitudes |url=https://76crimes.com/2024/04/10/eswatini-lgbtiq-activists-challenge-ultra-conservative-attitudes/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |language=en-US}}</ref><br>Penalty: Unknown<br> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" />
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Lesotho}} [[LGBT rights in Lesotho|Lesotho]]
|{{flag icon|Lesotho}} [[LGBT rights in Lesotho|Lesotho]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Male legal since 2012<br>Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Male legal since 2012<br>Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] May possibly change gender under the ''National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |title=Transgender Rights in Lesotho |publisher=Southern Africa Litigation Centre |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150028/http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |archive-date=August 19, 2018}}</ref>
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] May possibly change gender under the ''National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |title=Transgender Rights in Lesotho |publisher=Southern Africa Litigation Centre |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150028/http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |archive-date=August 19, 2018}}</ref>
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|-
|{{flagicon|Malawi}} [[LGBT rights in Malawi|Malawi]]
|{{flag icon|Malawi}} [[LGBT rights in Malawi|Malawi]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1891 (as [[British Central Africa Protectorate]])<ref name="bbc.com" /><br>Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment for men<br /> up to 5 years imprisonment for women (repeal proposed)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/05/malawi-gay-laws-debate-repeal |title=Malawi suspends anti-gay laws as MPs debate repeal &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/could-the-historic-case-of-a-trans-sex-worker-end-malawis-anti-lgbtiq-law/ |title=Could the historic case of a trans sex worker end Malawi’s anti-LGBTIQ law? |publisher=openDemocracy |date=2023-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/07/20/malawi-constitutional-court-considers-lgbtq-intersex-rights-cases/ |title=Malawi Constitutional Court considers LGBTQ, intersex rights cases |last=Itai |first=Daniel |publisher=Washington Blade |date=2023-07-23}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1891 (as [[British Central Africa Protectorate]])<ref name="bbc.com" /><br>Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment for men<br /> up to 5 years imprisonment for women (repeal proposed)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/05/malawi-gay-laws-debate-repeal |title=Malawi suspends anti-gay laws as MPs debate repeal &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/could-the-historic-case-of-a-trans-sex-worker-end-malawis-anti-lgbtiq-law/ |title=Could the historic case of a trans sex worker end Malawi’s anti-LGBTIQ law? |publisher=openDemocracy |date=2023-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/07/20/malawi-constitutional-court-considers-lgbtq-intersex-rights-cases/ |title=Malawi Constitutional Court considers LGBTQ, intersex rights cases |last=Itai |first=Daniel |publisher=Washington Blade |date=2023-07-23}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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|{{flagicon|Mozambique}} [[LGBT rights in Mozambique|Mozambique]]
|{{flag icon|Mozambique}} [[LGBT rights in Mozambique|Mozambique]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.care2.com/causes/human-rights/blog/mozambic-gay-rights-advocates-push-for-constitutional-amendment/ |title=Mozambique Gay Rights Group Wants Explicit Constitutional Protections &#124; Care2 Causes |publisher=Care2.com |date=2011-03-03 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.kuchutimes.com/2015/06/homosexuality-decriminalised-in-mozambique/ |title=Homosexuality Decriminalised in Mozambique |publisher=Kuchu Times |date=2015-06-01 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.care2.com/causes/human-rights/blog/mozambic-gay-rights-advocates-push-for-constitutional-amendment/ |title=Mozambique Gay Rights Group Wants Explicit Constitutional Protections &#124; Care2 Causes |publisher=Care2.com |date=2011-03-03 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.kuchutimes.com/2015/06/homosexuality-decriminalised-in-mozambique/ |title=Homosexuality Decriminalised in Mozambique |publisher=Kuchu Times |date=2015-06-01 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
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|{{flagicon|Namibia}} [[LGBT rights in Namibia|Namibia]]
|{{flag icon|Namibia}} [[LGBT rights in Namibia|Namibia]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2024<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |title=Namibian court strikes down law criminalising same-sex relationships |url=https://guardian.ng/namibian-court-strikes-down-law-criminalising-same-sex-relationships/ |website=The Guardian |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1920 (not enforced; repeal proposed)<ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.namibiansun.com/news/sodomy-laws-days-numbered-geingos2019-06-13 |title=Sodomy law's days numbered - Geingos |date=June 14, 2019 |website=Namibian Sun |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927205046/https://www.namibiansun.com/news/sodomy-laws-days-numbered-geingos2019-06-13 |archive-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref><br>Penalty: Unknown<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8395.htm |title=Namibia |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=March 4, 2002 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207202547/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8395.htm |archive-date=February 7, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.lgbtnet.dk/countries/africa/namibia |title=Namibia |publisher=Lgbtnet |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307044236/http://www.lgbtnet.dk/countries/africa/namibia |archive-date=March 7, 2014}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Foreign same-sex marriages recognised.
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Foreign same-sex marriages recognised{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}.
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Foreign same-sex marriages recognised.
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Foreign same-sex marriages recognised{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}.
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under the ''Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf |title=Transgender Rights in Namibia |publisher=Southern Africa Litigation Centre |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805203056/http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf |archive-date=August 5, 2018}}</ref>
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under the ''Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf |title=Transgender Rights in Namibia |publisher=Southern Africa Litigation Centre |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805203056/http://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf |archive-date=August 5, 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[LGBT rights in South Africa|South Africa]]
|{{flag icon|South Africa}} [[LGBT rights in South Africa|South Africa]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Male legal since 1998<br>Female always legal; equal age of consent since 2007<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Male legal since 1998<br>Female always legal; equal age of consent since 2007<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Limited recognition of unregistered partnerships since 1998; same-sex marriage since 2006
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Limited recognition of unregistered partnerships since 1998; same-sex marriage since 2006
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||<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 1998
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 1998
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Section Nine of the Constitution of South Africa|Constitution]] bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Section Nine of the Constitution of South Africa|Constitution]] bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Anti-discrimination laws are interpreted to include gender identity; legal gender may be [[Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act, 2003|changed]] after surgical or medical treatment
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Anti-discrimination laws are interpreted to include gender identity{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}; legal gender may be [[Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act, 2003|changed]] after surgical or medical treatment
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|{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[LGBT rights in Zambia|Zambia]]
|{{flag icon|Zambia}} [[LGBT rights in Zambia|Zambia]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1911 (as part of the [[Company rule in Rhodesia|British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia]])<br> Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" />
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 1911 (as part of the [[Company rule in Rhodesia|British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia]])<br> Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed)<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Activist asks ConCourt to clarify “the order of nature” in sexual practices |url=https://diggers.news/courts/2024/06/04/activist-asks-concourt-to-clarify-the-order-of-nature-in-sexual-practices/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Zambia: News Diggers! |language=en-GB}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[LGBT rights in Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]]
|{{flag icon|Zimbabwe}} [[LGBT rights in Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1891 (as part of the [[Company rule in Rhodesia|British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia]])<br>Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed)<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" />
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal since 1891 (as part of the [[Company rule in Rhodesia|British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia]])<br>Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chironda |first=Melody |date=2024-07-30 |title=Zimbabwe: Despite Hostility, LGBTQI+ Activists in Zimbabwe Push for Equality |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202407300097.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |work=allAfrica.com |language=en}}</ref><br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="bbc.com" />
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veritaszim.net/sites/veritas_d/files/Constitution%20of%20Zimbabwe%20Amendment%20%28No.%2020%29.pdf |title=Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment, (No. 20) Act. 2013 |date=2013 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012923/http://www.veritaszim.net/sites/veritas_d/files/Constitution%20of%20Zimbabwe%20Amendment%20(No.%2020).pdf |archive-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veritaszim.net/sites/veritas_d/files/Constitution%20of%20Zimbabwe%20Amendment%20%28No.%2020%29.pdf |title=Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment, (No. 20) Act. 2013 |date=2013 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012923/http://www.veritaszim.net/sites/veritas_d/files/Constitution%20of%20Zimbabwe%20Amendment%20(No.%2020).pdf |archive-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>
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Northern Africa

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LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Algeria Algeria No Illegal since 1966
Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment with fines up to 10,000 dinars.[1] Torture,[2] beatings,[3] or vigilante executions are also common. 		No No No No No No
Canary Islands Canary Islands
(Autonomous community of Spain) 		Yes Legal since 1979
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		Yes De facto unions legal since 2003[5] Yes Legal since 2005[6] Yes Legal since 2005[7][8] Yes Spain responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[9] Yes Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[10]
Ceuta Ceuta
(Autonomous city of Spain) 		Yes Legal since 1979
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		Yes De facto union since 1998[11] Yes Legal since 2005[6] Yes Legal since 2005[7] Yes Spain responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[10]
Egypt Egypt Yes/ No Ambiguous. Male de jure legal, but de facto illegal since 2000
Penalty: Up to 17 years imprisonment with or without hard labour and with or without fines under broadly-written morality laws.[4][12] 		No No No No No No
Libya Libya No Illegal since 1953
Penalty: Up to 5 years in jail or vigilante execution.[13][14] 		No No No No No No
Madeira Madeira
(Autonomous region of Portugal) 		Yes Legal since 1983
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		Yes De facto union since 2001[15][16] Yes Legal since 2010[17] Yes Legal since 2016[18][19][20] Yes Portugal responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[9] Yes Since 2011, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[21]
Melilla Melilla
(Autonomous city of Spain) 		Yes Legal since 1979
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		Yes De facto union since 2008[22] Yes Legal since 2005[6] Yes Legal since 2005[7] Yes Spain responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[23] Yes Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[10]
Morocco Morocco
(including Southern Provinces) 		No Illegal since 1962
Penalty: Up to 3 to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour.[4][24] 		No No No No No No
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(Disputed territory; excluding Southern Provinces) 		No Illegal
Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.[4][25][26] 		No No No No No No
Sudan Sudan No Illegal since 1899 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)
Penalty: Life imprisonment for a third offense of anal sex.[27] 		No No No No No No
Tunisia Tunisia No Illegal since 1913 (as the French protectorate of Tunisia)
Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.[4][28]
[29] 		No No No No No No

Western Africa

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LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Benin Benin Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);[4][30]
Age of consent discrepancy[4] 		No No No No
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Yes Legal, Criminalization pending since 2024 (Law hasn't come into effect yet) [31] No No Constitutional ban since 1991 No No
Cape Verde Cape Verde Yes Legal since 2004
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[4]
The Gambia Gambia No Illegal since 1888 (as the Gambia Colony and Protectorate)
Penalty: Up to Iife imprisonment.[4][32][33] 		No No No No No No Forms of gender expression criminalized since 2013[34]
Ghana Ghana
No No No No No No
Guinea Guinea No Illegal since 1988
Penalty: 6 months to 10 years imprisonment.[39] 		No No No No No No
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Yes Legal since 1993[4]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No No No
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[4] 		No No No No
Liberia Liberia No Illegal since 1976
Penalty: 1 year imprisonment.[4][40] (repeal proposed)[41] 		No No No No No No
Mali Mali No[42] Illegal since November 2024[43][4] No No Constitutional ban since 2023[44] No No No[45]
Mauritania Mauritania No No Illegal since 1983
Penalty: Capital punishment for men, (not enforced); prison and a fine for women.[4][46] 		No No No No No No
Niger Niger Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[4] 		No No No No No[45]
Nigeria Nigeria No Illegal since 1904 (Northern Region only)
Illegal since 1916 (Region-wide)
Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment.
No Death in the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara. (not enforced)[4][47][33] 		No No Statutory ban since 2013 No No No No Forms of gender expression criminalized in Sharia provinces.
Saint Helena Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
(Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) 		Yes Legal since 2001
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		Yes Legal since 2017 Yes Legal since 2017[48][49] Yes Legal since 2017 Yes UK responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination
Senegal Senegal No Illegal since 1966
Penalty: 1 to 5 years imprisonment.[4][50] 		No No No No No No
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone No Male illegal since 1861 (as the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate)
Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (Not enforced, repeal disputed).
Yes Female always legal
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		No No No No No No
Togo Togo No Illegal since 1980
Penalty: Fine and 3 years imprisonment [4] (repeal proposed)[51] 		No No No No No No

Central Africa

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LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Cameroon Cameroon No Illegal since 1972
Penalty: Fines to 5 years imprisonment.[4][33] or vigilante execution and torture,[52] (repeal proposed) [53] 		No No No No No No
Central African Republic Central African Republic Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[4]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No Constitutional ban since 2016[54] No No No[45]
Chad Chad No Illegal since 2017
Penalty: Between 3 months and 2 years in prison, with fines of 50,000 to 500,000 FCFA. (Penal Code, Chapter 2, Article 354) [55] 		No No No No No No[45]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[4] No No Constitutional ban since 2006 No No No
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[4] 		No No No No No[45]
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[4] No No No No No[45]
Gabon Gabon Yes Legal since 2020[56];
Age of consent discrepancy,
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No Constitutional ban since 2024 No No
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe Yes Legal since 2012
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[57]

Eastern Africa

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LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Burundi Burundi No Illegal since 2009
Penalty: fine, and 3 months to 2 years imprisonment. [4][58] (repeal disputed) 		No No Constitutional ban since 2005 No No No No
Djibouti Djibouti Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [4][59] No No No No No[45]
Eritrea Eritrea No Illegal
Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.[4][60] or vigilate execution[61] Beatings and torture are also tolerated.[62][63] 		No No No No No No
Ethiopia Ethiopia No Illegal
Penalty: Up to 15 years. [4] (repeal disputed) [64] 		No No Statutory ban since 2009[65] No No No No
Kenya Kenya No Illegal since 1897 (as the East Africa Protectorate)
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed) [4][33][66] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2010[67] No No Yes/No Limited protection following legal process by the authorities.[68] Yes[69]
Rwanda Rwanda Yes Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)[4]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No Constitutional ban since 2003 No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination.[70] No
Somalia Somalia No Illegal
Penalty: Up to 3 years prison.
Jubaland Jubaland No Illegal. Penalty: Up to death in Jubaland.[citation needed] 		No No No No No No
Somaliland Somaliland
(Disputed territory) 		No Illegal
Penalty: Up to 3 years prison, sometimes death sentences.[71] 		No No No No No No
South Sudan South Sudan No Illegal since 1899 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)
Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment. (not enforced) [4][33] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2011[citation needed] No No No No Forms of gender expression are criminalized.
Tanzania Tanzania No Illegal since 1864 (only Zanzibar)
Illegal since 1899
Penalty: Up to life imprisonment.[4][33] Vigilante executions, beatings and torture[72][73] are also tolerated. 		No No No No No No
Uganda Uganda No No Male illegal since 1902 (as Protectorate)
Female illegal since 2000
Penalty: Life imprisonment, Death penalty in some cases, Beatings, torture, or vigilante execution. [74][75] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2005 No No No No

Indian Ocean states

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LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Comoros Comoros No Illegal since 1982
Penalty: 5 years imprisonment and fines. (not enforced)[4][76] 		No No No No No No[45]
French Southern and Antarctic Lands French Southern and Antarctic Lands
(Overseas territory of France) 		Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the territory)[4] 		Yes Civil solidarity pact since 1999[citation needed] Yes Legal since 2013 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes France responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Under French law
Madagascar Madagascar Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country);
Age of consent discrepancy[4] 		No No No No
Mauritius Mauritius Yes Legal since 2023[77]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No No No Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[78][79]
Mayotte Mayotte
(Overseas region of France) 		Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the region)[4] 		Yes Civil solidarity pact since 2007 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes France responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Under French law
Réunion Réunion
(Overseas region of France) 		Yes Legal since 1791[4] Yes Civil solidarity pact since 1999 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes Legal since 2013 Yes France responsible for defence Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Under French law
Seychelles Seychelles Yes Legal since 2016[80]
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[4]

Southern Africa

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LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Angola Angola Yes Legal since 2021 [81] No No No No Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[82] May possibly change gender under the Código do Registro Civil 2015[83]
Botswana Botswana No Legal since 2019 [84] No No No No(Only LGB) Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Legal gender change recognized as a constitutional right since 2017[85]
Eswatini Eswatini No Male illegal since the 1880s (not enforced, repeal proposed)[86]
Penalty: Unknown
Yes Female always legal[4][33] 		No No No No No No
Lesotho Lesotho Yes Male legal since 2012
Female always legal[4] 		No No No No May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011[87]
Malawi Malawi No Illegal since 1891 (as British Central Africa Protectorate)[33]
Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment for men
up to 5 years imprisonment for women (repeal proposed)[4][88][33][89][90] 		No No No No No No
Mozambique Mozambique Yes Legal since 2015[91][92] No No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[4][78]
Namibia Namibia Yes Legal since 2024[93] No/Yes Foreign same-sex marriages recognised[citation needed]. No/Yes Foreign same-sex marriages recognised[citation needed]. No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination.[94] Yes Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963[95]
South Africa South Africa Yes Male legal since 1998
Female always legal; equal age of consent since 2007
+ UN decl. sign.[4] 		Yes Limited recognition of unregistered partnerships since 1998; same-sex marriage since 2006 Yes Legal since 2006 Yes Legal since 2002 Yes Since 1998 Yes Constitution bans all anti-gay discrimination Yes Anti-discrimination laws are interpreted to include gender identity[citation needed]; legal gender may be changed after surgical or medical treatment
Zambia Zambia No Illegal since 1911 (as part of the British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia)
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed)[4][33][96] 		No No No No No No
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe No Male illegal since 1891 (as part of the British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia)
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed)[97]
Yes Female always legal[4][33] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2013[98] No No No No


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