Mbomou is governed by federal Central African Republic law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- 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
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Mbomou is legal.
Current status
Legal
The penal code criminalizes "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600); however, there were no reports that police arrested or detained persons [in 2012] under these provisions. Also, if done in private and consensually, it is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Mbomou is banned.
Current status
Since 2016
Banned
Same-sex marriage is not legal in the Central African Republic.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Mbomou is no censorship.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
No censorship
No known legal barriers to LGBT freedom of expression.
Imprisonment as punishment
The penal code criminalizes "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600); however, there were no reports that police arrested or detained persons [in 2012] under these provisions.
Right to change legal gender in Mbomou is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework for legal gender change in Central African Republic.
Gender-affirming care in Mbomou is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Central African Republic is banned
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mbomou is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no legal framework to change one's legal gender in Central African Republic, non-binary identities are defacto not recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Mbomou is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 15, 2003
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination in Mbomou is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 15, 2003
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Mbomou is no protections.
Current status
Since Mar 13, 2003
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Mbomou is single only.
Current status
Since Oct 7, 2017
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Intersex infant surgery in Mbomou is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Central African Republic.
Serving openly in military in Mbomou is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Mar 15, 2003
Ambiguous
Currently unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Mbomou is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
The US department of stat’s Human right’s record found that MSMs are not allowed to donate blood, however, this report was from 2012 so it may be outdated information
Conversion therapy in Mbomou is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in the Central African Republic.
Equal age of consent in Mbomou is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of Consent.
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Alternative names: Mʿbomou