Compare LGBT Rights in Burkina Faso & Cameroon

Equality Index ?
19 / 100
8 / 100
Legal Index ?
29 / 100
3 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
9 / 100
12 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1972
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1991
Banned
Since 1967
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2023
Imprisonment as punishment
Since 2010
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionUnknownIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnknownN/A
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