In December 2008, Gabon co-sponsored and signed the non-binding UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity calling for the global decriminalization of homosexuality, one of only six African countries to do so.
2008年12月，加蓬共同提议并签署了关于聯合國性傾向與性別認同議題的无约束力的联合国宣言，呼吁将全球同性恋者非罪化，是签署该宣言的六个非洲国家之一。