LGBT2SQIA+ Rights

 

     Africa is a patchwork of the good, the bad, and the ugly in terms of how LGBT2SQIA+ people are treated:

     In Somalia, but not Somaliland or Puntland, a death penalty is enforced. In the latter two, prison time is enforced. In Mauritania and Nigeria, the death penalty is unenforced. In Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cameroon, Liberia, Guinea, Uganda, and Senegal, prison time is regularly handed out.

     In Namibia, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, eSwatini, Malawi, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, prison time remains a legal option but is not enforced. In Namibia, Mauritius, Morocco, and Tunisia, decriminalization has been proposed.

     In Benin and the Central African Republic, some laws apply differently to the LGBT2SQIA+ community. In South Africa, Cabo Verde, and the Overseas French and Spanish Territories, same-sex marriage has been legalized. In numerous other nations, the age of consent is not even for hetersexual and homosexual couples.

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