- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- N/A
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
An analysis of recent data in Malawi indicates a widespread and severe resistance to LGBTQ+ rights, a situation that is deeply troubling to human rights advocates.
History
Homosexual activity in Malawi is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Same-sex marriage in Malawi is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Malawi is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Malawi is legal, but requires surgery.
Section 20(1) provides that where a change in particulars of a registered
person materially affect his registration, the district registrar shall record
the change and notify the Director of the circumstances and recommend
that the person be issued with a new identity card.
Section 21(1) provides that every registered person may, when he is
satisfied that his appearance has changed so as to make it likely that his
identity may be questioned, apply to the district registrar for the issue of
a new card with a more recent photograph.
Gender-affirming care in Malawi is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Malawi is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Malawi is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Malawi is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Malawi is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Malawi is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Malawi is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Malawi is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Malawi is n/a.
Conversion therapy in Malawi is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Malawi is n/a.
LGBT Rights by District
View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Malawi.
- Ntchisi
- Phalombe
- Rumphi
- Salima
- Thyolo
- Zomba
- Central Region (Region)
- Northern Region (Region)
- Southern Region (Region)
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