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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Au Cap is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Gay marriage pending.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Au Cap is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Seychelles, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Au Cap is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
The law and practices do not allow for persons to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity. The option to identify as nonbinary, intersex, or gender-nonconforming was not available.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Au Cap is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
The option to identify as nonbinary, intersex, or gender-nonconforming is not available.
LGBT discrimination in Au Cap is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since 2006
Illegal in some contexts
Legal protection against discirmination in employment.based on sexual orientation since 2006
The National Anti-Bullying Policy and Strategy for Primary, Secondary Schools and Professional Centres (2018) includes specific sections referred to homophobic bullying (Section 2.1.2(iii), Section 2.2, paragraph 4, and Section 4.3).
On 18 September 2024, the Seychelles National Assembly passed the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2024. It bans hate-motivated offences by introducing the element of hate as an aggravating factor to any underlying offences. The hate crimes and hate speech provisions specifically include sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
The National Anti-Bullying Policy and Strategy for Primary, Secondary Schools and Professional Centres (2018) includes specific sections referred to homophobic bullying (Section 2.1.2(iii), Section 2.2, paragraph 4, and Section 4.3).
On 18 September 2024, the Seychelles National Assembly passed the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2024. It bans hate-motivated offences by introducing the element of hate as an aggravating factor to any underlying offences. The hate crimes and hate speech provisions specifically include sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
LGBT housing discrimination in Au Cap is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2006
No protections
Intersex infant surgery in Au Cap is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Au Cap is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Trans people cannot serve in this country as of 2023 which is the unfortunate consensus on the African continent
Legal Rights
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Alternative names: O Kap, Au Cap, Anse Louis