Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Sao Tome and Principe

Equality Index ?
8 / 100
49 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
53 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
12 / 100
44 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1967
Legal
Since 2012
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2010
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
LGBT employment discriminationUnknownSexual orientation only
Since 2019
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownUnknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegalUnknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AUnknown
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