Central African Republic
Central African Republic has same-sex relations legal but marriage is constitutionally banned (Article 7 defines marriage as man-woman union). No anti-discrimination, no legal gender change. Entrenched social discrimination · homosexuality attributed to Western influence · country in prolonged humanitarian crisis.
LGBTQI+ legal framework · Central African Republic
LGBT
identity
Legal in private · 'public expression' criminalized
Consensual private relations are legal · Penal Code criminalizes 'public expression of love' between same-sex persons: 6 months to 2 years imprisonment and 150,000 to 600,000 CFA fine
Partnership
recognition
Constitutionally banned
Marriage equality blocked at constitutional level · Article 7 restricts marriage to a man-woman pair · in force since the 2016 charter
Legal
protection
No anti-discrimination
Zero statutory anti-discrimination coverage in health, employment, education or services · Law 24-001 (data protection) lists SO as sensitive data
Trans
rights
No legal gender change
Legal gender change unavailable
Conversion
therapies
No information
No information on conversion therapy in public sources
Social context · Central African Republic
Social acceptance
Conservative
Entrenched discrimination
State Dept: deep societal discrimination against LGBT · many blame outside influence for homosexuality
Source →Anti-LGBT violence
High
No protection · country in conflict
While direct state targeting of gay and lesbian people is not reported, ongoing humanitarian collapse compounds minority vulnerability
Source →Indicative data as of 2026-05-18. Check the destination country's official sources before travelling.