- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- 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
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Chikwawa is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
In June of 2024, Malawi's Constitutional Court upheld the laws that criminalize homosexuality after a challenge was made.
Same-sex marriage in Chikwawa is banned.
The law also criminalises heterosexual relationships between transgender and cisgender people of the opposite gender by determining gender as the sex assigned at birth.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Chikwawa is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Chikwawa is illegal.
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 Chikwawa is banned.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Chikwawa is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Chikwawa is illegal in some contexts.
However, since 2019, there is limited protection based on gender identity and sexual preference.
The Communications (Broadcasting) Regulations 2019, defines "hate messages" as a speech intended to degrade, intimidate or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people base on their gender identity, among other categories. Section 11(1-e) states that "a broadcasting licence shall not broadcast programmes which contain, promote or perpetuate hate messages or any prejudices against any person or groups of people."
Section 30(2-d) states a licensee, or its employee, shall not broadcast live any matter which "is likely to incite or perpetuate hatred or vilify any person or section of the society on account of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual preference, age, disability, religion, culture or any other status of that person or section of the society."
LGBT employment discrimination in Chikwawa is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Chikwawa is no protections.
Intersex infant surgery in Chikwawa is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Chikwawa is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Chikwawa is legal.
Conversion therapy in Chikwawa is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Chikwawa is n/a.