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| Region | Zambia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Zambia does not provide for legal gender recognition. Although Section 9(2) of the National Registration Act 19 of 1964 could theoretically be used to change a person’s sex description, it has never yielded any results thus far. Additionally, Section 378 of the Penal Code, which prohibits impersonation, has been used to target transgender people intending to live as their gender identity. |
| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf https://epicproject.blog/key-population-heroes-a-young-transgender-activist-from-zambia-part-2/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/zambia/ https://theotherfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Canaries_Zambia.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Impersonation law used to criminalise them.
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| Description | Zambia does not provide for legal gender recognition. Although Section 9(2) of the National Registration Act 19 of 1964 could theoretically be used to change a person’s sex description, it has never yielded any results thus far. | Zambia does not provide for legal gender recognition. Although Section 9(2) of the National Registration Act 19 of 1964 could theoretically be used to change a person’s sex description, it has never yielded any results thus far. Additionally, Section 378 of the Penal Code, which prohibits impersonation, has been used to target transgender people intending to live as their gender identity. |
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| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf https://epicproject.blog/key-population-heroes-a-young-transgender-activist-from-zambia-part-2/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/zambia/ | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf https://epicproject.blog/key-population-heroes-a-young-transgender-activist-from-zambia-part-2/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/zambia/ https://theotherfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Canaries_Zambia.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. I can see that as a possible loophole but the source is in 2015 and several sources afterwards say it’s not possible indicating that it’s not been interpreted that way.
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Section 9(2) of the National Registration Act 19 of 1964 could possibly be used to change a person’s sex description. | Zambia does not provide for legal gender recognition. Although Section 9(2) of the National Registration Act 19 of 1964 could theoretically be used to change a person’s sex description, it has never yielded any results thus far. |
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| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf https://epicproject.blog/key-population-heroes-a-young-transgender-activist-from-zambia-part-2/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/zambia/ |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | No law in place about changing gender in Zambia, however transgender people are often arrested convicted of practicing Homosexuality. Transgenderism and Homosexualality is often mixed up. | Section 9(2) of the National Registration Act 19 of 1964 could possibly be used to change a person’s sex description. |
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| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/zambia/intersex-transgender-people-zambia-self-administer-hormones-avoid-discrimination-arrest/ | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf |
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edited by Notdog1996. It is not ambiguous
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Original entry | |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | No law in place about changing gender in Zambia, however transgender people are often arrested convicted of practicing Homosexuality. Transgenderism and Homosexualality is often mixed up. |
| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Zambia.pdf https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/zambia/intersex-transgender-people-zambia-self-administer-hormones-avoid-discrimination-arrest/ |