- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Public Opinion
Recent studies in Angola show a discernible level of opposition to LGBTQ+ rights among the population.
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Views on LGBTQ+ Rights
(ILGA, 2017)
History
Censorship of LGBT issues in Angola is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Angola, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Angola is illegal.
Current status
Illegal federal law
According to ILGA, Section 78 of the Civil Registry Act (2015) does not allow alterations of details entered in the registration of records by the Civil Registrar. However, Section 87 permits changes, including "change of name" where there is a change of facts which alter the legal identity or status of the person. A change of sex marker may also be possible under Section 87.
Until 2015
Illegal
Legal gender change is not possible
Gender-affirming care in Angola is restricted.
Current status
Since 2015
Restricted
In 2015, Angola legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad.
Until 2015
Banned
Medical transition is not possible
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Angola is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There are only 2 legally recognized genders in Angola.
LGBT discrimination in Angola is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since 2021
Illegal in some contexts
Article 212 of the Penal Code criminalises acts of discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, health, education and in the provision of goods and services.
There are no laws that protect gender identity from discrimination.
There are no laws that protect gender identity from discrimination.
LGBT employment discrimination in Angola is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since 2021
Sexual orientation only
Article 212 of the Penal Code bans acts of discrimination based on sexual orientation. There is no explicit protection based on gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Angola is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Sexual orientation only
Article 212 of the Penal Code criminalises acts of discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, health, education and in the provision of goods and services and housing.
There is no explicit protection based on gender identity.
There is no explicit protection based on gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Angola is single only.
Current status
Single only
Neither joint adoption nor second-parent adoption are legally available for same-sex couples in Angola.
Intersex infant surgery in Angola is not banned.
Current status
Not banned federal law
Laws in force in Angola do not restrict medically unnecessary interventions aimed to modify the sex characteristics of intersex minors without their free, prior and full informed consent.
Serving openly in military in Angola is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
There no ban on service and with discrimination protections it makes it easy to serve. Like All other African countries, Angola doesn’t allow trans service
Conversion therapy in Angola is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no laws banning conversion therapy in Angola.
Equal age of consent in Angola is equal.
Current status
Equal
Will come into effect in 2020.
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