Western is governed by federal Gambia law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Same-sex marriage in Western is banned.
Current status
Since Jul 21, 2005
Banned
Homosexuality is not legal in Gambia.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Western is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Since Apr 16, 2013
Imprisonment as punishment
In 2013, an amendment to the Criminal Code was passed in the Gambia, criminalising “a man who dresses in the fashion of a woman” in a public place with up to five years in prison, effectively criminalising the gender expression of trans women and cross dressers.
Right to change legal gender in Western is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
The Gambia's laws do not allow individuals to change their gender. Additional legislation also bans crossdressing.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Western is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
The Gambia does not allow people to change their gender.
LGBT discrimination in Western is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT people face discrimination from society and the state.
LGBT employment discrimination in Western is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT persons face discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Western is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT persons are not protected from discrimination.
Intersex infant surgery in Western is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Gambia.
Serving openly in military in Western is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Western is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Homosexual activity is illegal.
Equal age of consent in Western is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexual activity is illegal.
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