Sīlā is governed by federal Chad law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Sīlā is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Current status
Since Aug 1, 2017
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Imprisonment of 8 to 15 years as penalty.
Same-sex marriage in Sīlā is banned.
Current status
Banned
Article 28 of Law 13-008 2013-05-10 PR on the Organization of Civil Dtatus in the Republic of Chad defines that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Sīlā is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Chad, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Sīlā is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There are no procedures in place for legal gender recognition in Chad.
Gender-affirming care in Sīlā is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Chad is banned
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sīlā is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no recognition of non-binary identities.
LGBT employment discrimination in Sīlā is no protections.
Current status
No protections
In Chad, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from employment discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Sīlā is no protections.
Current status
No protections
In Chad, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from housing discrimination.
Intersex infant surgery in Sīlā is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Chad.
Serving openly in military in Sīlā is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality became illegal in Chad since 2017.
Blood donations by MSMs in Sīlā is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
There are no official sources from the Ministry of Health regarding the requirements for donating blood. The hostile situation regarding access to health care for LGBT people makes it unlikely that they can donate blood without facing legal and social discrimination.
Conversion therapy in Sīlā is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal and widespread in Chad.
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