Current Version
| Region | Zambia |
| Issue | Serving openly in military |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Sep 18, 1964 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 69 of Zambia’s Defence Act of 1964 criminalises military personnel from committing “indecent practices”. In practice, this is largely implied to include homosexuality, thus banning LGBTIQ+ people from serving in the military. |
| Sources | https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/act/1964/45/eng@1996-12-31 |
Revision History (17)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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0 | Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Sep 18, 1964 |
| Description | Homosexuality is illegal, but long as you don't mention that you are gay you are fine. | Article 69 of Zambia’s Defence Act of 1964 criminalises military personnel from committing “indecent practices”. In practice, this is largely implied to include homosexuality, thus banning LGBTIQ+ people from serving in the military. |
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| Sources | (See sources listed for homosexual activity.) | https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/act/1964/45/eng@1996-12-31 |
edited by JordanB3047
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
| Description | As long as you don't mention that you are gay you are fine. | Homosexuality is illegal, but long as you don't mention that you are gay you are fine. |
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| Sources | (See sources listed for homosexual activity.) | |
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| Value | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Legal |
| Description | No explicit laws restricting service. | As long as you don't mention that you are gay you are fine. |
| Sources | No |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "It should say don't ask don't tell"
- Sources are invalid or broken "Sources listed as "no," and details say the policy is don't-ask-don't-tell; this is not the same as legality"
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal |
| Description | No | No explicit laws restricting service. |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Illegal |
| Description | Not able to serve openly because of intense discrimination. | No |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Dec 27, 2017 | (unknown) |
| Description | No information. | Not able to serve openly because of intense discrimination. |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | No information. |
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| Value | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Illegal |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
| Description | they are banned from serving. | No |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | no data on lbgt serving in military there. | they are banned from serving. |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Homosexuality is illegal so it is defacto illegal. | no data on lbgt serving in military there. |