Some LGBT people in Angola have reported being harassed by people who believe that they are immoral, and the Angola Government allegedly refused to accept the Israeli ambassador because he was gay. Yet, signs of more liberal attitudes do exist.

2023年12月3日 · Angola has made significant progress in recent years with regard to LGBT rights. The country’s new penal code, which came into effect in January 2021, decriminalized same-sex conduct. Additionally, the law now includes a non-discrimination provision for sexual orientation and gender identity.

Homosexual activity in Angola is legal. In early 2019, in addition to introducing discrimination protections, the Angolan parliament abolished the colonial-era criminalisation of same-sex sexual activity.

2019年1月24日 · Angola has finally shed the divisive “vices against nature” provision in its law, widely interpreted to be a ban on homosexual conduct. Taking things one step further, the government has also...

2019年2月10日 · Angola has decriminalized homosexuality — 133 years after the passage banning same-sex relations was included in the country's penal code when the southwest African nation was still a Portuguese...

GENEVA (25 January 2019) – A UN human rights expert today welcomed Angola’s decision to decriminalize same-sex relations, and urged other States to follow, saying such legislation was one of the root causes behind grave and pervasive human rights violations against gay, lesbian, trans and bisexual people.

Until 2019, Angola maintained a colonial-era prohibition on non-consensual same-sex activity, which was frequently employed to prosecute consensual same-sex conduct, punishable by up to two years in prison.

Research Council (HSRC) it is noted that in Angola, many gay men marry heterosexually to avoid stigma, while secretly maintaining concurrent sexual relationships with other men. The HSRC Angola country report notes that there are cultural groups who believe that masculine-to-feminine (MTF) cross-dressers and transgender people are “powerful

2019年1月24日 · Angola has decriminalized same-sex relationships, according to Human Rights Watch agency. The agency also reported that the Angolan government had created new sets of laws that ban discrimination...

2024年8月22日 · Angola has a complex history with homosexuality. In February 2021, the country decriminalised same-sex relationships, overturning a ban that dates back to its time as a Portuguese colony. The new law also makes discrimination based on sexual orientation punishable by up to two years' imprisonment.