Compare LGBT Rights in Eswatini & Zambia

Equality Index ?
29 / 100
6 / 100
Legal Index ?
26 / 100
6 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
32 / 100
6 / 100
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1907
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2018
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 2010
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 1907
Imprisonment as punishment
Since 1930
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1983
Illegal
Gender-affirming careLegal
Since 2016
Banned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2017
No protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionSingle only
Since 1968
Illegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryN/ADon't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousN/A
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentFemale equal, male N/A
Since 1907
N/A
Since 2005
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