LGBT rights in the Comoros

LGBT rights in Comoros
Comoros
Same-sex sexual activity legal?	Illegal^[1]
Penalty:	5 years imprisonment, fine^[1]
Family rights

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Comoros experience legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Comoros has laws applying to acts considered to be against nature. The age of consent is thirteen.

Law regarding same-sexual activity

Both male and female sexual acts considered to be against nature are illegal in Comoros. Such acts are punished with up to five years imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 to 1,000,000 francs.^[1]^[2]

Recognition of same-sex relationships

There is no recognition of legal rights for same-sex couples.

Discrimination protections

There is no legal protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Living conditions

The U.S. Department of State's 2010 Human Rights Report found that "persons engaging in homosexual activity did not publicly discuss their sexual orientation due to societal pressure. There are no lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations in the country."^[3]

Summary table

Same-sex sexual activity legal	(Penalty: 5 years imprisonment and/or fine)
Equal age of consent
Anti-discrimination laws in employment only
Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services
Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech)
Same-sex marriages
Recognition of same-sex couples
Step-child adoption by same-sex couples
Joint adoption by same-sex couples
Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military
Right to change legal gender
Access to IVF for lesbians
Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples
MSMs allowed to donate blood

References

1 2 3 "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF).
↑ "Penal Code of the Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros". Comoros Law. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
↑ COMOROS

LGBT rights in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

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