LGBTQ rights in Chad | |
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| Legal status | Illegal since 2017[1][2] |
| Penalty | 3 months to 2 years imprisonment, with fines of 50,000 to 500,000FCFA. (Penal Code, Chapter 2, Article 354) |
| Gender identity | No |
| Military | No |
| Discrimination protections | No[3] |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships | No |
| Adoption | No |
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Chad face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are illegal in the country. Before the new penal code took effect in August 2017, homosexual activity between adults had never been criminalized. There is no legal protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Chad since 2017. Previous to that there were no restrictions.[4] A bill introduced in 2014 aimed to impose up to 20 years imprisonment for consensual same-sex acts (proposed Article 361bis).[4] However, on 12 December 2016, theNational Assembly passed an updated penal code criminalizing both male and female same-sex sexual activity by a vote of 111 to 1 (with 4 abstentions), but classing acts between consenting adults as a misdemeanor offence.[5] On 8 May 2017, the new penal code was enacted by the PresidentIdriss Deby.
In supporting the law, the former Prime MinisterDelwa Kassiré Coumakoye argued a religious motivation: "Homosexuality is condemned by all religions. We do not have to forgive something that God himself rejects because Westerners have said this or that."[6] His comment was criticized by some LGBTQ historians who controversially maintain that homophobia was brought to Chad by colonialism, despite the existence of Islamic law in the nation prior to imperial rule. These historians believe that homosexuality was quite commonplace and accepted before the arrival of the Europeans.[7] The US-basedRobert F. Kennedy Human Rights called on the President of Chad not to enact the changes to the law, which is linked to a rise inhomophobia in Africa in response to the increased visibility and assertiveness of gay lifestyles and politics in Africa, and the engagement of fundamentalist Christians. This includes the financing of anti-gay campaigns by American evangelical churches.[8][9]
It became law on 1 August 2017.[2]
Chapter II on "Other offenses against decency" of Title VII (relating to sexual offences) of the Penal Code, provides as follows:
Chapter III on "Offenses of a sexual nature committed against minors" of Title VIII (relating to offenses against the person or the status of the child) of the Penal Code, provides as follows:
Article 350(i) of the Penal Code provides imprisonment of ten to twenty years when the rape is committed because of thesexual orientation of the victim.[1]
There is no legal recognition ofsame-sex couples.
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TheU.S. Department of State's 2010 Human Rights Report found that "there were no known lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations. There were few reports of violence or discrimination against LGBTQ persons, in large part because most such persons were discreet about sexual orientation due to social and cultural strictures against homosexuality."[3]
| Same-sex sexual activity legal |  (Since 2017) Up to 3 years in prison with fines |
| Equal age of consent | |
| Anti-discrimination laws in hate speech and violence | |
| Anti-discrimination laws in employment | |
| Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services | |
| Same-sex marriage | |
| 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 | |
Est puni d'un emprisonnement de trois mois à deux ans et d'une amende e 50.000 à 500.000 francs, quiconque a des rapports sexuels avec les personnes de son sexe.
Sera puni d'un emprisonnement de un (1) á trois (3) ans et d'une amende de 100.000 à 500.000 francs, quiconque, sans violence, entretient une relation sexuelle ou practique des attouchments de nature sexuelle sur une personne de son sexe âgée de moins de dix-huit (18) ans.
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