Compare LGBT Rights in Sao Tome and Principe & Equatorial Guinea

Equality Index ?
47 / 100
37 / 100
Legal Index ?
50 / 100
37 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
44 / 100
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Homosexual activityLegal
Since 2012
Legal
Since 1968
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedUnrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careUnknownRestricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2022
LGBT employment discriminationSexual orientation only
Since 2019
Sexual orientation only
Since 2022
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownNo protections
Same-sex adoptionUnknownSingle only
Since 2021
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people bannedIllegal
Since 1945
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnknownEqual
Since 1931
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