- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
In Lesotho, public opinion seems to reflect a lack of acceptance or understanding of the LGBTQ+ community.
History
Homosexual activity in Lesotho is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Lesotho is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Lesotho is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Lesotho is ambiguous.
According to amendment of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs must amend the national register to provide for persons who have undergone “sex change operations” to change their “sex” identity marker on legal and identifying documents.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Lesotho is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Lesotho is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Lesotho is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Lesotho is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Lesotho is illegal.
Serving openly in military in Lesotho is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Blood donations by MSMs in Lesotho is legal.
Conversion therapy in Lesotho is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Lesotho is equal.
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