Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Samoa

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Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1972
Male illegal, female legal
Since 1961
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2010
State-enforced
Since 2013
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2007
LGBT employment discriminationUnknownSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2013
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownUnknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegalUnknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalN/A
Since 1962
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedSexual orientation only
Since 2007
Equal age of consentN/AUnknown
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