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| Region | Tanzania |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Although LGBTIQ+ people are not explicitly banned from serving in the military of Tanzania, homosexuality is illegal and the National Defence Act penalises “indecent or unnatural” practices which inhibit the ability of LGBTIQ+ troops to be open. |
| Sources | http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5098.html http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/trafficking/tanzania.sexoffenses.98.pdf https://tanzanialaws.com/sub-n/553-national-defence-act http://sgdatabase.unwomen.org/uploads/Tanzania%20-%20Sexual%20Offences%20Special%20Provisions%20Act%201998.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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| Value | Illegal | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1998 | (unknown) |
| Description | Homosexuality is currently illegal in Tanzania | Although LGBTIQ+ people are not explicitly banned from serving in the military of Tanzania, homosexuality is illegal and the National Defence Act penalises “indecent or unnatural” practices which inhibit the ability of LGBTIQ+ troops to be open. |
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| Sources | http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5098.html http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/trafficking/tanzania.sexoffenses.98.pdf http://sgdatabase.unwomen.org/uploads/Tanzania%20-%20Sexual%20Offences%20Special%20Provisions%20Act%201998.pdf | http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5098.html http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/trafficking/tanzania.sexoffenses.98.pdf https://tanzanialaws.com/sub-n/553-national-defence-act http://sgdatabase.unwomen.org/uploads/Tanzania%20-%20Sexual%20Offences%20Special%20Provisions%20Act%201998.pdf |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1998 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Homosexuality is currently illegal in Tanzania |
| Sources | http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5098.html http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/trafficking/tanzania.sexoffenses.98.pdf http://sgdatabase.unwomen.org/uploads/Tanzania%20-%20Sexual%20Offences%20Special%20Provisions%20Act%201998.pdf |