Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    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
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✖ Unequal
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History

Homosexual activity in Madagascar

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Homosexual activity in Madagascar is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 17, 1972
Legal
Homosexuality is legal in Madagascar.
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Same-sex marriage in Madagascar

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Same-sex marriage in Madagascar is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Only heterosexual marriages are legally recognised within Madagascar.
Sources:
www.marryabroad.co.uk/how-to-mary-in-madagascar
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Madagascar

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Madagascar is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Madagascar, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Madagascar

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Right to change legal gender in Madagascar is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
There is no procedure to legally change your gender in Madagascar.
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Gender-affirming care in Madagascar

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Gender-affirming care in Madagascar is banned.

Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Madagascar is banned
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Madagascar

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Madagascar is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no framework to legally change your gender in Madagascar, non-binary options are defacto not recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Madagascar

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LGBT discrimination in Madagascar is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Illegal in some contexts
under sex discrimination. As well protection under Same sex section of the criminal code.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Madagascar

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LGBT employment discrimination in Madagascar is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There's no protections in employment.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Madagascar

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LGBT housing discrimination in Madagascar is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Madagascar

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Same-sex adoption in Madagascar is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws in place.
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Intersex infant surgery in Madagascar

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Intersex infant surgery in Madagascar is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Madagascar

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Serving openly in military in Madagascar is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
It is legal to serve if you are LGB, Trans people can’t serve
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Blood donations by MSMs in Madagascar

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Blood donations by MSMs in Madagascar is legal.

Current status
Legal
No restrictions on donating blood.
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Conversion therapy in Madagascar

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Conversion therapy in Madagascar is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA, there's no ban on conversion therapy.
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Equal age of consent in Madagascar

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Equal age of consent in Madagascar is unequal.

Current status
Unequal federal law
Article 331, is 21 for homosexual acts
Sources:
refugeelegalaidinformation.…
gov.uk/guidance/living-in-m…~:text=a%20UK%20visa.-,Homosexuality,not%20exist%20in%20Malagasy%20law.
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LGBT Rights by Province

View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Madagascar.