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====Northern Africa====
====Northern Africa====
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! width="12.5%"| LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"| Homosexual acts legal?
! width="12.5%"| Recognition of same-sex relationships
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex adoption
! width="12.5%"| Allows gays to serve openly in military?
! width="12.5%"| Anti-discrimination <small>(Sexual orientation)</small>
! width="12.5%"| Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"| Immigration equality for same-sex couples
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! style="width:12.5%;"|LGBT rights in:
|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[LGBT rights in Algeria|Algeria]]
! style="width:12.5%;"|Same-sex sexual activity
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: Fine - up to 2 years prison)
! style="width:12.5%;"|Recognition of same-sex unions
||<!--Transgender issues-->
! style="width:12.5%;"|Same-sex marriage
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
! style="width:12.5%;"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! style="width:12.5%;"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! style="width:12.5%;"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! style="width:12.5%;"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[LGBT rights in Egypt|Egypt]]
|{{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.
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Not specifically outlawed, but public morals laws used against LGBT people according to AmnestyUSA
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flag icon|Canary Islands}} [[Canary Islands]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|{{flagicon|Libya}} [[LGBT rights in Libya|Libya]]
|<!--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>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: Fine - up to 5 years prison).

||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--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>
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in Spain|Legal since 2005]]<ref name="Spain1" />
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2005<ref name="Spain2" /><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-9292|title=Ley 14/2006, de 26 de mayo, sobre técnicas de reproducción humana asistida.|date=2006-05-27|website=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|language=es|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Spain responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-af">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://ilga-europe.org/content/download/17140/110295/version/1/file/map-B_side.pdf|title=Rainbow Europe: legal situation for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Europe|date=May 2010|work=ILGA-Europe|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153248/http://ilga-europe.org/content/download/17140/110295/version/1/file/map-B_side.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</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>
|-
|-
|{{flag icon|Ceuta}} [[Ceuta]]<br /><small>([[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous city]] of [[Spain]])</small>
|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[LGBT rights in Morocco|Morocco]] (incl. [[Western Sahara]])
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: 6 months to 3 years)
|<!--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>
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in Spain|Legal since 2005]]<ref name="Spain1">{{#invoke:Cite news||url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/01/Worldandnation/Spain_approves_libera.shtml|title=Spain approves liberal gay marriage law|date=2005-07-01|work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|access-date=2007-01-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228054409/http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/01/Worldandnation/Spain_approves_libera.shtml|archive-date=28 December 2007}}</ref>
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2005<ref name="Spain2">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/spain.html|title=Spain Intercountry Adoption Information|website=U. S. Department of State — Bureau of Consular Affairs|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Spain responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Sudan}} [[LGBT rights in Sudan|Sudan]]
|{{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>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|30px]] 5 years up to death penalty.)
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[LGBT rights in Tunisia|Tunisia]]
|{{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>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: Fine - 3 years)
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
| {{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" />
|<!--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>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in Portugal|Legal since 2010]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2010/05/10500/0185301853.pdf |title=Law no. 9/2010 |date=May 31, 2010 |publisher=Diario da Republica |language=Portuguese |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221195502/http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2010/05/10500/0185301853.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2016<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://dre.pt/application/conteudo/74738646|title=Lei 17/2016 de 20 de junho}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/pma/lei-que-alarga-a-procriacao-medicamente-assistida-publicada-em-diario-da-republica|title=Lei que alarga a procriação medicamente assistida publicada em Diário da República|date=June 20, 2016|website=tvi24}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.publico.pt/2016/06/20/sociedade/noticia/lei-que-alarga-pma-ja-esta-publicada-publicada-hoje-em-dr-falta-regulamentacao-1735711|title=Todas as mulheres com acesso à PMA a 1 de Agosto |date=June 20, 2016 |website=PÚBLICO |language=Portuguese |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310114918/https://www.publico.pt/2016/06/20/sociedade/noticia/lei-que-alarga-pma-ja-esta-publicada-publicada-hoje-em-dr-falta-regulamentacao-1735711 |archive-date=March 10, 2022}}</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Portugal responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination.<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-af" />
|<!--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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|{{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" />
|<!--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>
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in Spain|Legal since 2005]]<ref name='Spain1' />
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2005<ref name='Spain2' />
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Spain responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-A">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.equaldex.com/region/melilla |title=LGBT Rights in Melilla |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref name="Spain3" />
|-
|{{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>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
| {{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>
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Couples adoption--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{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>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{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>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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====Western Africa====
====Western Africa====

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! width="12.5%"| LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"| Homosexual acts legal?
! width="12.5%"| Recognition of same-sex relationships
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex adoption
! width="12.5%"| Allows gays to serve openly in military?
! width="12.5%"| Anti-discrimination <small>(Sexual orientation)</small>
! width="12.5%"| Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Benin}} [[LGBT rights in Benin|Benin]]
! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<ref name="ILGA 2009 (Africa template)">{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2009.pdf|title=State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults|last=Ottosson|first=Daniel|date=May 2009|publisher=International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)|pages=Page 45|accessdate=2009-05-19}}</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[LGBT rights in Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]]
|{{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"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Not specifically outlawed, but other laws apply.<ref name="ILGA page 11">{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf|title=State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults|last=Ottosson|first=Daniel|date=May 2008|publisher=International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)|pages=Page 11|accessdate=2009-01-12}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]

|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[LGBT rights in Cape Verde|Cape Verde]]
|{{flag icon|Burkina Faso}} [[LGBT rights in Burkina Faso|Burkina Faso]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?--> <br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--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 relationships--> [[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 1991
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> Unknown
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> <!--appears to be legal per US state dept 1997, more specific source needed-->
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[LGBT rights in Côte d'Ivoire|Côte d'Ivoire]]
|{{flag icon|Cape Verde}} [[LGBT rights in Cape Verde|Cape Verde]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?-->
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2004<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[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]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> Unknown
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] <!--appears to be legal per US state dept 1997, more specific source needed-->
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Gambia}} [[LGBT rights in Gambia|Gambia]]
|{{flag icon|Gambia}} [[LGBT rights in the Gambia|Gambia]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: up to 14 years<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200806120906.html Gambia: Mob Violence And Murder Feared After President's Gay Beheading Threat], ''AllAfrica'', June 12, 2008</ref>)
|<!--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]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--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> }}
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal<br>Female unclear
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[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]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: 6 months to 3 years prison)
|<!--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]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[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 ?--> <!--Page 7 of [http://www.ai-lgbt.org/texts/lgbt2006.rtf]--> <br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1993<ref name="ILGA"/><br>+ UN decl. sign.
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[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]]
|<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> Unknown
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> Unknown
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> Unknown
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[LGBT rights in Liberia|Liberia]]
|{{flag icon|Ivory Coast}} [[LGBT rights in Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: Fine)
|<!--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]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mali}} [[LGBT rights in Mali|Mali]]
|{{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 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>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> Not specifically prohibited, but public morals laws have been used against LGBT persons
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[LGBT rights in Mauritania|Mauritania]]
|{{flag icon|Mali}} [[LGBT rights in Mali|Mali]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal, Criminalization pending since 2024 (Law hasn't come into effect yet)<ref>[https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/11/07/mali-outlaws-homosexuality-for-the-first-time/]</ref><ref>[https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/11/07/mali-outlaws-homosexuality-for-the-first-time/]</ref><ref name="ILGA"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|30px]] Death penalty)
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--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>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--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|Niger}} [[LGBT rights in Niger|Niger]]
|{{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>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> Not specifically prohibited, but public morals laws may be used
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[LGBT rights in Nigeria|Nigeria]]
|{{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"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal<br>[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Female illegal in areas under [[Sharia]]<br>(Penalties in Sharia areas: [[File:Skull and crossbones.svg|30px]] Up to death for men, and up to 50 lashes ([[caning]]) and six months for women.)<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female legal in areas not under Sharia.
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> <!--cmt out, mv to article: (homosexuality) 5-14 years/death. Areas under [[Sharia]] have instituted death for men and women. Any content, avocating groups or associations, support, talking to, marriage, etc regarding [[LGBT]] persons can land you in jail for at least four years [http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/03/032007nigeria.htm]. -->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[LGBT rights in Senegal|Senegal]]
|{{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" />
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: 1 month to 5 years prison)
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] [[Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013|Statutory ban since 2013]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression criminalized in Sharia provinces.
|-
|-
|{{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>
|{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[LGBT rights in Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]
||<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal<br>Female needs verification<!--cmt out, mv to article: Illegal according to UK government travel advisory for Sierra Leone<ref>http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/sierra-leone?ta=lawsCustoms&pg=3</ref> -->
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Legal since 2017]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Marriage-Ascension-Ordinance-2016.pdf|title=Marriage (Ascension) Ordinance, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/12/20/this-tiny-island-just-passed-same-sex-marriage/|title=This tiny island just passed same-sex marriage|last=Jackman|first=Josh|date=20 December 2017|website=PinkNews}}</ref>
||<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017
||<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Togo}} [[LGBT rights in Togo|Togo]]
|{{flag icon|Senegal}} [[LGBT rights in Senegal|Senegal]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal
|<!--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]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{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"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{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>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|}
|}


====Middle Africa====
====Central Africa====
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! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|{{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 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]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{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.
|<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2016<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/SERIAL/104713/127839/F1101593134/CAF-104713.pdf |title= Décret n° 160218 du 30 mars 2016 portant promulgation de la Constitution de la République centrafricaine|website= ilo.org}}</ref>
|<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|{{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>
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|{{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"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2006
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{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"/>
||<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|{{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"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
|-
|{{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.
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[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]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{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"/>
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--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>
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|}

====Eastern Africa====
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! width="12.5%"| LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"| Homosexual acts legal?
! width="12.5%"| Recognition of same-sex relationships
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex adoption
! width="12.5%"| Allows gays to serve openly in military?
! width="12.5%"| Anti-discrimination <small>(Sexual orientation)</small>
! width="12.5%"| Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"| Immigration equality for same-sex couples
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Angola}} [[LGBT rights in Angola|Angola]]
! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: Labour camps for habitual offenders.<ref>Page 6 of [http://typo3.lsvd.de/fileadmin/pics/Dokumente/Homosexualitaet/With_the_government_in_our_bedrooms_-_November_2006.pdf]</ref>)
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
||<!--Transgender issues-->
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[LGBT rights in Cameroon|Cameroon]]
|{{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)
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: Fine to 5 years prison)
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2005
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[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|Djibouti}} [[LGBT rights in Djibouti|Djibouti]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?--> <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"/><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]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Chad}} [[LGBT rights in Chad|Chad]]
|{{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:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1967
||<!--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]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flag icon|Ethiopia}} [[LGBT rights in Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
|{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[LGBT rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] <small>(formerly Zaire)</small>
||<!--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:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?-->
||<!--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]] Statutory ban since 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethiopia: Religious Marriage |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llglrd/2019669509/2019669509.pdf |website=Library of Congress |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Equatorial Guinea}} [[LGBT rights in Equatorial Guinea|Equatorial Guinea]]
|{{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:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal <!--cmt out for now (needs addl sourcing) , Some acts illegal according to UK government<ref>http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/equatorial-guinea?ta=lawsCustoms&pg=3</ref>-->
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> Unknown
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2010<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://kenyaembassy.com/pdfs/The%20Constitution%20of%20Kenya.pdf |title=Laws of Kenya ; The Constitution of Kenya |publisher=Kenyaembassy.com |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref>
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Limited protection following legal process by the authorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://76crimes.com/2024/01/03/2023-world-same-sex-marriage-and-lgbt-rights-progress-part-4-africa-and-oceania/ |title=2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 4: Africa and Oceania |last=Salerno |first=Rob |date= 2024-01-04}}</ref>
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> Unknown
||<!--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-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Gabon}} [[LGBT rights in Gabon|Gabon]]
|{{flag icon|Rwanda}} [[LGBT rights in Rwanda|Rwanda]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?--> <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 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 2003
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]].<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--> Unknown
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[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|Somalia}} [[LGBT rights in Somalia|Somalia]]
||<!--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}}
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?-->
||<!--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]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
| {{flag icon|Somaliland}} [[LGBT rights in Somaliland|Somaliland]]<br><small>(Disputed territory)</small>
|{{flagicon|São Tomé and Príncipe}} [[LGBT rights in São Tomé and Príncipe|São Tomé and Príncipe]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal <!--cmt out, mv to article-Illegal according to UK travel advisory for São Tomé and Príncipe<ref>http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/sao-tome-principe?ta=lawsCustoms&pg=3</ref> --> + UN decl. sign.
|<!--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]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Couples adoption--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{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" />
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2011{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Forms of gender expression are criminalized.
|-
|{{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.
||<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{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>
||<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2005
||<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|}
|}


====Eastern Africa====
====Indian Ocean states====
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! width="12.5%"| LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"| Homosexual acts legal?
! width="12.5%"| Recognition of same-sex relationships
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex adoption
! width="12.5%"| Allows gays to serve openly in military?
! width="12.5%"| Anti-discrimination <small>(Sexual orientation)</small>
! width="12.5%"| Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"| Immigration equality for same-sex couples
|-
|{{flagicon|Burundi}} [[LGBT rights in Burundi|Burundi]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal since 2009<br />(Penalty: 3 months to 2 years of jail and fine of 50,000 to 100,000 Burundian francs<ref>http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/burundi-abolishes-the-death-penalty-but-bans-homosexuality-200904727</ref>)<!-- since 2009-->
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Comoros}} [[LGBT rights in Comoros|Comoros]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Acts "against nature" outlawed
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Djibouti}} [[LGBT rights in Djibouti|Djibouti]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: 10-12 years)
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Eritrea}} [[LGBT rights in Eritrea|Eritrea]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: 3-10 years)
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Ethiopia}} [[LGBT rights in Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: up to 5 years<ref>[http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopia?ta=lawsCustoms&pg=3 Ethiopia travel advice], British Foreign and Commonwealth Office</ref>)
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Kenya}} [[LGBT rights in Kenya|Kenya]]
! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal (Penalty: up to 14 years)<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female legal
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
||<!--Transgender issues-->
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Madagascar}} [[LGBT rights in Madagascar|Madagascar]]
|{{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:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?-->
||<!--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]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref name="spartacus" />
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{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>
|{{flagicon|Malawi}} [[LGBT rights in Malawi|Malawi]]
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the territory)<ref name="ILGA"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in France|Legal since 2013]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mauritius}} [[LGBT rights in Mauritius|Mauritius]]
|{{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"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: 5 years) <!--cmt out, mv to article: (homosexuality) 5 years. Illegal under article 250 of the penal code. There is a bill to repeal article 250 ([http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/bill0607.pdf The Sexual Offences Bill 2007]). --> + UN decl. sign. (national debate over repeal of the law)
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mozambique}} [[LGBT rights in Mozambique|Mozambique]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal <!--Anti-discrimination in 2007 Labour Code. Page 25 of [http://typo3.lsvd.de/fileadmin/pics/Dokumente/Homosexualitaet/With_the_government_in_our_bedrooms_-_November_2006.pdf]-->
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Rwanda}} [[LGBT rights in Rwanda|Rwanda]]
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<!-- since ?--> <!--cmt out, mv to article (homosexuality) [http://www.iglhrc.org/site/iglhrc/section.php?id=5&detail=709], [http://www.minijust.gov.rw/speeches.html] -->
||<!--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]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> Unknown
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Seychelles}} [[LGBT rights in Seychelles|Seychelles]]
|{{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.
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female legal
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[LGBT rights in Somalia|Somalia]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Africa: Outspoken activists defend continent's sexual diversity">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/18548.html |title=Africa: Outspoken activists defend continent's sexual diversity - Norwegian Council for Africa |publisher=Afrika.no |date=2009-08-06 |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---ilo_aids/documents/legaldocument/wcms_126781.pdf |title=Equal Opportunities Act 2008 |publisher=Ilo.org |access-date=2015-09-29}}</ref>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal
||<!--Transgender-->
||<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Uganda}} [[LGBT rights in Uganda|Uganda]]
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal (Penalty: Fine up to life sentence)<br>[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Female illegal (penalty: Fine up to life Sentence)<!--cmt out, mv to article: The first country in the world to have a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage (since 2004).<ref>Integrity USA reports Dr Nsaba Buturo, the Ugandan minister of Ethics and Integrity as stating in the 2006 case of Victor Mukasa (a 31-year-old gay rights activist) and Yvonne Ooyo that the plaintiffs "suffered under the false notion that homosexuality can be a human rights issue" [http://walkingwithintegrity.blogspot.com/2007/07/persecution-in-uganda.html]</ref> -->
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[LGBT rights in Tanzania|Tanzania]]
|{{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"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 2007
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in France|Legal since 2013]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Zambia}} [[LGBT rights in Zambia|Zambia]]
|{{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"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal (Penalty: fine to 15 years)<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female legal
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in France|Legal since 2013]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013
|-
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
|{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[LGBT rights in Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]]
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal (Penalty: up to 10 years<ref>[http://www.petertatchell.net/international/mugabe.htm Not tickling Mugabe’s fancy], Tribune, October 24, 1997</ref>)<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female legal
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{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.
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|}
|}


====Southern Africa====
====Southern Africa====
<!--PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCES IF DATA IS NOT ALREADY IN THE COUNTRY'S LGBT RIGHTS ARTICLE-->
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{| class="wikitable sticky-header-multi" style="font-size:90%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"| Homosexual acts legal?
! width="12.5%"| Recognition of same-sex relationships
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"| Same-sex adoption
! width="12.5%"| Allows gays to serve openly in military?
! width="12.5%"| Anti-discrimination <small>(Sexual orientation)</small>
! width="12.5%"| Laws concerning gender identity/expression
! width="12.5%"| Immigration equality for same-sex couples
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Botswana}} [[LGBT rights in Botswana|Botswana]]
! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal (Penalty: Fine - years)
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
||<!--Transgender issues-->
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Lesotho}} [[LGBT rights in Lesotho|Lesotho]]
|{{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>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal <ref>[http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/lesotho?ta=lawsCustoms&pg=3 Lesotho travel advice], British Foreign and Commonwealth Office</ref>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=05ac98ab-c50a-4f4f-9efe-73705ea11829 |title=Employment & labour law in Angola |publisher=Lexology |date=15 September 2015}}</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|Namibia}} [[LGBT rights in Namibia|Namibia]]
|{{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>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal <!-- cmt out, mv to article: <small>Constitutional protection for sexual orientation since 2005. Labour Code of 1992 (which banned sexual orientation discrimination) was replaced by The Unimplemented Labor Act 2004, which did not specifically enumerate homosexuals as a group protected from employment discrimination, and such discrimination occurred.</small> --> <!--per sodomylaws, male is illegal in country (if website is up-to-date), leaving column blank until this can be straightened out w/ sourcing-->
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|No]](Only LGB)
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
||<!--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|South Africa}} [[LGBT rights in South Africa|South Africa]]
|{{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)<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" />
||<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1994
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1996
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2006 <!--cmt out, mv to article: First country in Africa to legalise same-sex marriage.-->
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2002
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Swaziland}} [[LGBT rights in Swaziland|Swaziland]]
|{{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"/>
|colspan=6|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal (Penalty: US$90 fine - prison.)<br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female legal <!--not specifically outlawed(??) but ILGA 2008 pdf report labels as "unclear"--><br><!--cmt out, mv to article - 2008 version of report still lists as unclear (with proposed ban) - pending laws needs to be updated w/ 2008/2009 data: Pending law, page 9 (Number 12), includes outlawing lesbian sex conduct. [http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/World_legal_wrap_up_survey_November2006.pdf] and page 37 [http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/With_the_government_in_our_bedrooms_November_2006.pdf].-->
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues-->
||<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination.<ref name="labour act">{{cite web |title=Labour Act 2024 |url=https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/116932/Labour%20Ac.%20No%203%20of%202024.pdf |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Children's Protection and Welfare Act, 2011 |url=https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/106492/LSO106492.pdf |access-date=21 December 2024}}</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>
|-
|{{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>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|-
|{{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>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/><ref name="Africa: Outspoken activists defend continent's sexual diversity"/>
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{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>
||<!--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{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}.
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://76crimes.com/2021/10/21/namibia-court-bans-anti-gay-discrimination-in-child-citizenship-case/ |title=Namibia court bans anti-gay discrimination in child citizenship case |last=Salerno |first=Rob |date=October 21, 2021 |website=76 Crimes |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022004751/https://76crimes.com/2021/10/21/namibia-court-bans-anti-gay-discrimination-in-child-citizenship-case/ |archive-date=October 22, 2021}}</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>
|-
|{{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"/>
||<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Limited recognition of unregistered partnerships since 1998; same-sex marriage since 2006
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in South Africa|Legal since 2006]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Du Toit v Minister of Welfare and Population Development|Legal since 2002]]
||<!--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
||<!--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
|-
|{{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" /><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]]
||<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{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)<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]]
||<!--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>
||<!--Couples adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
||<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|}
|}


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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 Yes Legal, Criminalization pending since 2024 (Law hasn't come into effect yet)[42][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 No.[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 Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination.[87][88] May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011[89]
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][90][33][91][92] 		No No No No No No
Mozambique Mozambique Yes Legal since 2015[93][94] No No No No Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[4][78]
Namibia Namibia Yes Legal since 2024[95] 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.[96] Yes Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963[97]
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][98] 		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)[99]
Yes Female always legal[4][33] 		No No Constitutional ban since 2013[100] No No No No


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