Compare LGBT Rights in Malawi & Mozambique

Equality Index ?
12 / 100
48 / 100
Legal Index ?
19 / 100
51 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
5 / 100
46 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1930
Legal
Since 2015
Same-sex marriageBannedUnrecognized
Since 2004
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2010
Ambiguous
Since 2004
Gender-affirming careRestrictedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2007
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation only
Since 2007
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Blood donations by MSMsN/ALegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
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