Haute-Kotto is governed by federal Central African Republic law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Haute-Kotto is legal.
Current status
Legal
The Central African Republic does not criminalize private and consensual homosexual sex.
However, the penal code does criminalize “public expression of love" between people of the same sex, yet does not do the same for sex between people of the opposite sex.
The punishment is six months to two years in prison or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600).
However, the penal code does criminalize “public expression of love" between people of the same sex, yet does not do the same for sex between people of the opposite sex.
The punishment is six months to two years in prison or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600).
Same-sex marriage in Haute-Kotto is banned.
Current status
Since 2016
Banned
Same-sex marriage is not legal in the Central African Republic.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Haute-Kotto is no censorship.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
No censorship
Societal norms and stigma are the largest obstacles to overcome when discussing and promoting LGBT issues however no policy or law prohibits it.
Imprisonment as punishment
The penal code criminalizes "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600); however, there were no reports that police arrested or detained persons [in 2012] under these provisions.
Right to change legal gender in Haute-Kotto is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework for legal gender change in Central African Republic.
Gender-affirming care in Haute-Kotto is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Central African Republic is banned
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Haute-Kotto is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no legal framework to change one's legal gender in Central African Republic, non-binary identities are defacto not recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Haute-Kotto is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination provided to LGBTIQ+ people in the Central African Republic.
LGBT employment discrimination in Haute-Kotto is no protections.
Current status
No protections
The Labor Code does not provide protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Haute-Kotto is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Haute-Kotto is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Central African Republic.
Serving openly in military in Haute-Kotto is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
LGBTIQ+ people are banned from serving in the Central African military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Haute-Kotto is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
The US department of stat’s Human right’s record found that MSMs are not allowed to donate blood, however, this report was from 2012 so it may be outdated information
Conversion therapy in Haute-Kotto is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal and widespread in the Central African Republic.
Equal age of consent in Haute-Kotto is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
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