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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Female equal, male N/A
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Homosexual activity in Manicaland is male illegal, female legal.
Current status
Since 2006
Male illegal, female legal
Fine and up to 10 years in prison (decriminalization pending)
Same-sex marriage in Manicaland is banned.
Current status
Since Mar 19, 2013
Banned
Article 78 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe explicitly prohibits same-sex marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Manicaland is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1967
Imprisonment as punishment
According to Article 13 of the Censorship and Entertainment Control Law (Law No. 37) (1967), "undesirable" publications - defined as those considered "indecent", "obscene", "offensive" or "harmful to public morals" - are subject to punishment with a fine or imprisonment of up to two years.
More than that, there is the possibility of serious violations of freedom of association in the country due to the approval of a Bill to Amend the Private Voluntary Organizations Act (2023) which has caused concern from various international organizations and UN experts due to the possibility of serious violations of freedom of association in the country with the signing of the Bill by the president.
More than that, there is the possibility of serious violations of freedom of association in the country due to the approval of a Bill to Amend the Private Voluntary Organizations Act (2023) which has caused concern from various international organizations and UN experts due to the possibility of serious violations of freedom of association in the country with the signing of the Bill by the president.
Right to change legal gender in Manicaland is illegal.
Current status
Since 1986
Illegal
Gender marker change is not allowed. Section 18(2) of the the Births and Deaths Registration Act 11 of 1986 allows a person to change their forename. Section 18(3) provides for the change of a surname, but the Registrar-General must be satisfied that it is for a “lawful purpose”.
Gender-affirming care in Manicaland is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
Gender-affirming healthcare is not provided in the Zimbabwean public healthcare system.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Manicaland is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As there are no protocols around legal gender changes, non-binary self-identification is defacto not recognized in Zimbabwe.
LGBT employment discrimination in Manicaland is no protections.
Current status
No protections
The Labour Act does not offer protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Manicaland is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Apr 18, 1980
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Same-sex adoption in Manicaland is single only.
Current status
Single only
Homosexuality is currently illegal. As well no laws in place for same sex couples.
Intersex infant surgery in Manicaland is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
No laws banning it in Zimbabwe.
Serving openly in military in Manicaland is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Not a single country in Africa allows trans military service. Serving in the military as gay is illegal because gay relations are illegal, ergo only lesbians can serve.
Blood donations by MSMs in Manicaland is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
No explicit restrictions for LGBT people according to the National Blood Policy of Zimbabwe and the Standards for Blood Donation, Processing & Clinical Transfusion in Zimbabwe. However, sexual activity between men is illegal.
Conversion therapy in Manicaland is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Equal age of consent in Manicaland is female equal, male n/a.
Current status
Female equal, male N/A
Age of consent for heterosexual couples and female homosexual couples is 16. Male homosexual couples age of consent is N/A because it is illegal.
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