- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Madagascar is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Madagascar is banned.
"Marriage between two persons of the same sex is prohibited, whether celebrated before the Civil Registrar or performed according to traditional ceremonies."
Article 39 mentions "gender identity" as a cause for the absolute nullity of marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Madagascar is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Madagascar is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Madagascar is banned.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Madagascar is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Madagascar is illegal in some contexts.
-Act No. 2005-040 on the Fight against HIV/AIDS and the Protection of the Rights of people living with HIV/AIDS (Articles 17 and 26).
-Article 18 of Law No. 2014-038 on the Protection of Personal Data.
LGBT employment discrimination in Madagascar is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Madagascar is no protections.
Intersex infant surgery in Madagascar is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Madagascar is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Blood donations by MSMs in Madagascar is legal.
Conversion therapy in Madagascar is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Madagascar is unequal.
LGBT Rights by Province
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- #120 Gabon30
- #121 Palau30
- #122 Georgia29
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