Litoral is governed by federal Equatorial Guinea law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- 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
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Litoral is legal.
Current status
Since Oct 12, 1968
Legal
Homosexuality is legal for both male and female
Same-sex marriage in Litoral is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized under federal Equatorial Guinea law
Homosexual acts are legal, but the same-sex marriage is not.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Litoral is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Equatorial Guinea, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Litoral is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no process for legal gender recognition.
Gender-affirming care in Litoral is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
Gender-Affirming Care in Equatorial Guinea is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Litoral is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Equatorial Guinea does not recognize intersex as a biological sex on legal documents. Intersex individuals in Equatorial Guinea may face challenges in accessing basic human rights and healthcare, not to mention discrimination and social stigma.
LGBT discrimination in Litoral is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 12, 1968
No protections
There is no explicit legal protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. However, Law 1/2016 on Personal Data Protection establishes in its articles 10 and 41 the protection of personal data related to "sexual life" that implies discrimination.
LGBT employment discrimination in Litoral is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 12, 1968
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Litoral is no protections.
Current status
Since Oct 12, 1968
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Litoral is single only.
Current status
Since Jun 8, 2021
Single only
Law No. 2/2021 on the Adoption of Minors in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea does not explicitly prohibit individual adoption by homosexual persons. Only married couples can adopt jointly.
To legally process an adoption application, the applicant must present a Certificate of Suitability, issued by the Social Services, and endorsed by the competent Prosecutor, and Psychosocial Reports, issued by the Psychosocial Section of the Social Services. However, since there are no legal protections for LGBT persons, accessing these documents being openly homosexual or transgender is unlikely.
To legally process an adoption application, the applicant must present a Certificate of Suitability, issued by the Social Services, and endorsed by the competent Prosecutor, and Psychosocial Reports, issued by the Psychosocial Section of the Social Services. However, since there are no legal protections for LGBT persons, accessing these documents being openly homosexual or transgender is unlikely.
Intersex infant surgery in Litoral is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Equatorial Guinea law
No restriction known.
Serving openly in military in Litoral is illegal.
Current status
Since 1945
Illegal
Article 358 of the current Code of Military Justice states:
"Any military member who commits dishonest acts with individuals of the same sex will be punished with a prison sentence of six months and one day to six years. Whatever the sentence imposed for this crime, it will always entail dismissal from service."
"Any military member who commits dishonest acts with individuals of the same sex will be punished with a prison sentence of six months and one day to six years. Whatever the sentence imposed for this crime, it will always entail dismissal from service."
Blood donations by MSMs in Litoral is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous under federal Equatorial Guinea law
No mentions on MSMs blood donation being illegal, but also any mention on it being legal, having into account how is the country, and it's government with LGBT people it wouldn't be a surprise if it isn't legal.
Conversion therapy in Litoral is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Equatorial Guinea.
Equal age of consent in Litoral is equal.
Current status
Since 1931
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