Niger — مؤشر السفر للمثليين 2026

Name: Niger — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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10/100

خطر مرتفع #179 of 207

النتيجة = قانوني 10/60 + المشهد 0/40 = 10/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 15 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

الأمان القانوني · Legal milestones · المشهد على الأرض · الأسئلة الشائعة

⚠ مجرَّم

العلاقات المثلية مجرَّمة أو مقموعة بشكل نشط هنا. راجع إرشادات السفر الصادرة عن حكومتك قبل أي رحلة؛ هذه الصفحة للمعلومات فقط وليست توصية بالسفر.

الأمان القانوني — 10/60 نقاط

التجريم	Newly criminalized
الشراكة	● لا not recognised
مناهضة التمييز	● لا
الاعتراف بالجندر	Not possible — no legal gender recognition
الواقع التنفيذي	Active enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue (est)

Research note: Anti-homosexuality law adopted June 2026; aligned with Sahel neighbours Mali/Burkina Faso — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

1960Niger became independent with no ban on same-sex relations, though the law set an unequal age of consent of 21 for homosexual acts. ↗
2025The military junta's Charte de la Refondation outlawed all LGBTQIA+ acts or practices and redefined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. ↗
2026A new penal code introduced prison terms of five to ten years plus heavy fines for same-sex relations, and up to twenty for organizing LGBTQ groups. ↗
2026The criminalizing penal code took effect on June 11, making Niger part of a wider West African wave of new anti-homosexuality laws. ↗
TodaySame-sex activity was fully criminalized, LGBTQ organizing was banned, and visitors and locals alike faced serious prison terms. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. כל אבן דרך מקושרת למקור עיון ↗.

المشهد على الأرض — 0/40 نقاط

أماكن LGBTQ+ مدرجة

حانات مثلية

ساونات مثلية

مدن فيها مشهد

مسيرات الفخر

مهرجانات أفلام كوير

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

حانات مثلية لكل مليون	—
ساونات لكل مليون	—
فعاليات لكل مليون	0
درجة التغطية	—
نتيجة المشهد	0/40 (مؤشر المشهد الخام 0/100)

الأسئلة الشائعة

هل Niger آمنة للمسافرين المثليين؟

Niger is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 10/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.

هل زواج المثليين قانوني في Niger؟

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Niger. Overall legal status: Newly criminalized.

هل يوجد مشهد مثلي في Niger؟

GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Niger, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.