Cacheu is governed by federal Guinea-Bissau law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    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
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Cacheu

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Homosexual activity in Cacheu is legal.

Current status
Since 1993
Legal
In 1993 Guinea Bissau repealed parts of the Portuguese colonial penal code that outlawed "vices against nature". Later, in 2008, Guinea Bissau signed the 2008 United Nations Statement on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender which called on all to "promote and protect human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity".

Same-sex marriage in Cacheu

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Same-sex marriage in Cacheu is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Apr 23, 1993
Unrecognized
The civil code defines marriage as a union of people with opposite sex
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Cacheu

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Cacheu is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Cacheu is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no procedure in place to allow legal gender recognition for official documents.
Sources:
No laws, thus no source.
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Gender-affirming care in Cacheu

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Gender-affirming care in Cacheu is legal.

Current status
Legal
Gender-Affirming Care in Guinea-Bissau is not criminalized
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Cacheu

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no legal recognition.
Sources:
No laws, thus no source.
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LGBT discrimination in Cacheu

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LGBT discrimination in Cacheu is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections. But 90 percent of people living here said that homosexuality is not an issue.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Cacheu

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LGBT employment discrimination in Cacheu is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Cacheu

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LGBT housing discrimination in Cacheu is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections from discrimination.
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Same-sex adoption in Cacheu

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Same-sex adoption in Cacheu is single only.

Current status
Single only
according from a French website. no restrictions known. Missing laws for same sex couples.
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Intersex infant surgery in Cacheu

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Intersex infant surgery in Cacheu is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Guinea-Bissau.
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Serving openly in military in Cacheu

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Serving openly in military in Cacheu is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Not a single African country including this one allows trans military service
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Blood donations by MSMs in Cacheu

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Blood donations by MSMs in Cacheu is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Cacheu

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Conversion therapy in Cacheu is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Guinea-Bissau.
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Equal age of consent in Cacheu

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Equal age of consent in Cacheu is equal.

Current status
Equal
Equalised age of consent at 16.
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