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
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    Ambiguous
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Cape Verde

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Homosexual activity in Cape Verde is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 2004
Legal
Homosexual activity is legal in Cape Verde.
Details
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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Sep 16, 1886–Mar 1, 2004
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Homosexuality was illegal under the 1886 Penal Code.
Details
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013071…//old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
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Same-sex marriage in Cape Verde

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Same-sex marriage in Cape Verde is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
According to the República de Cabo Verde: Código Civil, marriage is defined to be a union of different sexes.
Details
Sources:
law.yale.edu/rcw/rcw/jurisd…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Cape Verde

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Cape Verde is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Cape Verde, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Cape Verde

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Right to change legal gender in Cape Verde is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Changing gender is not allowed in Cape Verde.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/cape-verde-lgbti
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Gender-affirming care in Cape Verde

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Gender-affirming care in Cape Verde is legal.

Current status
Since 2011
Legal
In 2011, Cape Verde adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Cape Verde

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Cape Verde is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
only male or female
Details
Sources:
Cape Verde doesn’t recognize non binary
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LGBT discrimination in Cape Verde

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LGBT discrimination in Cape Verde is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Oct 16, 2007
Illegal in some contexts
Only banned in employment and housing
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/cape-verde-lgbti
portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton…
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Cape Verde

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LGBT employment discrimination in Cape Verde is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since 2008
Sexual orientation only
According to Article 45(2) and Article 406(3) of the Novo Código Laboral Cabo-Verdiano.
Details
Sources:
portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton… le?p_doc_id=786
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Cape Verde

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LGBT housing discrimination in Cape Verde is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since 2019
Sexual orientation only
Section 8 of the National Housing Policy (2019) states it was developed under the premise that everyone has a right to housing, regardless of their sexual orientation.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/cape-verde-lgbti
database.ilga.org/api/downl…
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Same-sex adoption in Cape Verde

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Same-sex adoption in Cape Verde is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Intersex infant surgery in Cape Verde

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Intersex infant surgery in Cape Verde is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There are no laws banning invasive and unnecessary medical procedures on intersex children in Cape Verde.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/cape-verde-lgbti
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Serving openly in military in Cape Verde

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Serving openly in military in Cape Verde is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Not one of the countries that has bans on lgbt serving.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Cape Verde

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Blood donations by MSMs in Cape Verde is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
No
Details
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Conversion therapy in Cape Verde

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Conversion therapy in Cape Verde is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILG…
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Equal age of consent in Cape Verde

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Equal age of consent in Cape Verde is equal.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 2004
Equal
Details
Sources:
saflii.org/mz/legis/codigos/cp90/
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
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