- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal with restrictions
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Same-sex marriage in Cape Verde is banned.
Article 1587 of the Civil Code states that "A marriage contracted by two people of the same sex is legally non-existent."
Censorship of LGBT issues in Cape Verde is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Cape Verde is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Cape Verde is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Cape Verde is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Cape Verde is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in Cape Verde is sexual orientation only.
Same-sex adoption in Cape Verde is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Cape Verde is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Cape Verde is ambiguous.
Blood donations by MSMs in Cape Verde is legal with restrictions.
Conversion therapy in Cape Verde is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Cape Verde is equal.
LGBT Rights by Municipality
View the LGBT laws in each individual municipality of Cape Verde.
- Ribeira Grande
- Ribeira Grande de Santiago
- Sal
- Santa Catarina
- Santa Catarina do Fogo
- Santa Cruz
- São Domingos
- São Filipe
- São Lourenço dos Órgãos
- São Miguel
- São Salvador do Mundo
- São Vicente
- Tarrafal
- Tarrafal de São Nicolau
- Ilhas de Barlavento (Geographical Region)
- Ilhas de Sotavento (Geographical Region)
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