- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
In Burkina Faso, public opinion suggests an alarming lack of acceptance for LGBTQ+ rights, raising serious questions about safety and inclusion.
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Homosexual activity in Burkina Faso is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Burkina Faso is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Burkina Faso is state-enforced.
Right to change legal gender in Burkina Faso is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Burkina Faso is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Burkina Faso is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Burkina Faso is no protections.
Law No. 001-2021/AN on the Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of Personal Data protects a person's sexual life as sensitive and personal data. (Articles 5, 12 and 30).
LGBT employment discrimination in Burkina Faso is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Burkina Faso is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Burkina Faso is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Burkina Faso is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Burkina Faso is ambiguous.
Blood donations by MSMs in Burkina Faso is ambiguous.
Conversion therapy in Burkina Faso is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Burkina Faso is equal.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Burkina Faso.
- Balé
- Bam
- Banwa
- Bazèga
- Bougouriba
- Boulgou
- Boulkiemdé
- Comoé
- Ganzourgou
- Gnagna
- Gourma
- Houet
- Ioba
- Kadiogo
- Komondjari
- Kompienga
- Kossi
- Koulpélogo
- Kouritenga
- Kourwéogo
- Kénédougou
- Loroum
- Léraba
- Mouhoun
- Nahouri
- Namentenga
- Nayala
- Noumbiel
- Oubritenga
- Oudalan
- Passoré
- Poni
- Sanguié
- Sanmatenga
- Sissili
- Soum
- Sourou
- Séno
- Tapoa
- Tui
- Yagha
- Yatenga
- Ziro
- Zondoma
- Zoundwéogo
- Boucle du Mouhoun (Region)
- Cascades (Region)
- Centre (Region)
- Centre-Est (Region)
- Centre-Nord (Region)
- Centre-Ouest (Region)
- Centre-Sud (Region)
- Est (Region)
- Hauts-Bassins (Region)
- Nord (Region)
- Plateau-Central (Region)
- Sahel (Region)
- Sud-Ouest (Region)
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