Paul is governed by federal Cape Verde 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
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Paul is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
According to the República de Cabo Verde: Código Civil, marriage is defined to be a union of different sexes.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Paul is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Cape Verde, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Paul is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Changing gender is not allowed in Cape Verde.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Paul is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
only male or female
LGBT discrimination in Paul is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Oct 16, 2007
Illegal in some contexts
Only banned in employment and housing
Same-sex adoption in Paul is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Intersex infant surgery in Paul is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no laws banning invasive and unnecessary medical procedures on intersex children in Cape Verde.
Serving openly in military in Paul is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Not one of the countries that has bans on lgbt serving.
Blood donations by MSMs in Paul is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No
Conversion therapy in Paul is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Equal age of consent in Paul is equal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 2004
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