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
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    Ambiguous
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✖ Unequal
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Homosexual activity in Niger

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Homosexual activity in Niger is legal.

Current status
Legal
Consensual same-sex activity is legal. However, ambiguities exist in the Penal Code of Niger for undefined 'moral' offenses.
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Same-sex marriage in Niger

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Same-sex marriage in Niger is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Niger

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Niger is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Niger is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework in Niger to change one's gender marker.
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Gender-affirming care in Niger

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Gender-affirming care in Niger is restricted.

Current status
Since 1988
Restricted
In 1988, Niger legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Niger

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no legal framework to change one's gender marker in Niger, non-binary identities are defacto not recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Niger

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LGBT discrimination in Niger is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT employment discrimination in Niger

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LGBT employment discrimination in Niger is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Niger

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LGBT housing discrimination in Niger is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Niger

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Same-sex adoption in Niger is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Nigerien law allows only legally married couples to adopt a child - as same-sex marriage is prohibited, this also disallows same-sex adoption.
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Intersex infant surgery in Niger

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Intersex infant surgery in Niger is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Niger.
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Serving openly in military in Niger

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Serving openly in military in Niger is ambiguous.

Current status
Since Aug 3, 1960
Ambiguous
There are no explicits bans on service by LGBT citizens, but intense discrimination discourages openness in this area.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Niger

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Blood donations by MSMs in Niger is legal.

Current status
Since Feb 17, 2008
Legal
after removing restrictions.
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Conversion therapy in Niger

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Conversion therapy in Niger is not banned.

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

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Equal age of consent in Niger is unequal.

Current status
Since May 17, 2016
Unequal
Age of consent is not equal, at 13 for heterosexuals and 21 for homosexuals.
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_…

www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Niger/NE_Code_Penal.pdf
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