Sul is governed by federal Guinea-Bissau law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Sul 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In 1993, Guinea Bissau repealed parts of the Portuguese colonial penal code that outlawed "vices against nature".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 Identity which called on all countries to "promote and protect human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity".
Later, in 2008, Guinea Bissau signed the 2008 United Nations Statement on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity which called on all countries to "promote and protect human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity".
Same-sex marriage in Sul is banned.
Current status
Banned
Article 1577 of the Civil Code reads "Marriage is the contract concluded between two people of different sexes who intend to legitimately form a family through a full communion of life."
Censorship of LGBT issues in Sul is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Guinea-Bissau, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Sul is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no procedure in place to allow legal gender recognition for official documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sul is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no legal gender recognition provided to nonbinary or intersex people in Guinea-Bissau.
LGBT discrimination in Sul is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination provided to LGBTIQ+ people in Guinea-Bissau.
LGBT employment discrimination in Sul is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Sul is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Sul is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Guinea-Bissau.
Serving openly in military in Sul 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
Conversion therapy in Sul is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Guinea-Bissau.
Equal age of consent in Sul is equal.
Current status
Equal
Equalised age of consent at 16.
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