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| Region | Zimbabwe |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Although not explicitly banned from serving, the illegality of homosexuality in Zimbabwe in practice criminalises the ability of LGBTIQ+ people to serve in the military. |
| Sources | https://zimlii.org/akn/zw/act/1972/27/eng@2024-12-31 |
Revision History (16)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. No law against military service but criminalisation of homosexuality is more DADT on second thought.
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| Value | Illegal | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Illegal |
| Description | 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. | Although not explicitly banned from serving, the illegality of homosexuality in Zimbabwe in practice criminalises the ability of LGBTIQ+ people to serve in the military. |
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| Sources | https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205 | https://zimlii.org/akn/zw/act/1972/27/eng@2024-12-31 |
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| Description | Not a single country in Africa allows trans military service | 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. |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205
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| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Description | Nationwide. | Not a single country in Africa allows trans military service |
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| Sources | https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/countries-that-allow-transgender-members-in-the-military-1.4222205 | |
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| Description | Missing discrimination protections. | Nationwide. |
| Sources | No |
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| Value | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Legal |
| Description | Homosexuality is currently illegal. As well no discrimination protections in the criminal code. | Missing discrimination protections. |
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| Description | No | Homosexuality is currently illegal. As well no discrimination protections in the criminal code. |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Legal |
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| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
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| Description | Restrictions that I have heard of. | No restrictions that I have heard of. |