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- 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
- Unknown
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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Public Opinion
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Same-sex marriage in Pool is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Under the Congo constitution.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Pool is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Republic of the Congo, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Pool is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework to change one's legal gender.
Gender-affirming care in Pool is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no known laws restricting gender affirming care
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Pool is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no recognition of non-binary identities.
LGBT discrimination in Pool is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No explicit protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Law No. 29-2019 on the Protection of Personal Data protects a person's sexual life as sensitive and personal data (Articles 4, 14 and 40).
Law No. 29-2019 on the Protection of Personal Data protects a person's sexual life as sensitive and personal data (Articles 4, 14 and 40).
LGBT employment discrimination in Pool is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Pool is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Pool is single only.
Current status
Single only
it is the only condition. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Pool is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Legal known provisions relating to military recruitment do not exclude LGBT people from serving. Nevertheless, there are no inclusion measures for LGBT people.
Blood donations by MSMs in Pool is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
There are no official sources from the Ministry of Health and the National Blood Transfusion Center regarding the specific requirements for donating blood. It is unlikely that LGBT people can donate blood without facing legal and social discrimination.
Conversion therapy in Pool is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
Legal Rights
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