- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Bengo is legal.
Current status
Legal
Homosexuality is becoming legal in 2020.
Same-sex marriage in Bengo is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
No laws in place in the law system.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Bengo is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bengo, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Bengo is legal, no restrictions.
Current status
Since 2015
Ambiguous under federal Angola law
According to ILGA, Section 78 of the Civil Registry Act (2015) does not allow alterations of details entered in the registration of records by the Civil Registrar. However, Section 87 permits changes, including "change of name" where there is a change of facts which alter the legal identity or status of the person. A change of sex marker may also be possible under Section 87.
Current status
Legal, no restrictions
Not able to change gender on documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bengo is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Bengo is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Under the revision of the 2015 criminal code.
LGBT housing discrimination in Bengo is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protections coming out in 2020.
Same-sex adoption in Bengo is legal.
Current status
Legal under federal Angola law
No restrictions there. no laws in place for same sex couples.
Current status
Legal
Serving openly in military in Bengo is legal.
Current status
Legal
Not criminalized or prohibited from serving.
Blood donations by MSMs in Bengo is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Conversion therapy in Bengo is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
No laws outlawing this.
Equal age of consent in Bengo is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent.
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