Toliara is governed by federal Madagascar law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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Homosexual activity in Toliara is legal.
Current status
Legal
Homosexuality is legal in Madagascar, and no law has ever prohibited it. However, the country does have an unequal age of consent for homosexual sex compared to heterosexual sex.
Same-sex marriage in Toliara is banned.
Current status
Since Jun 28, 2007
Banned
Article 2 of Law No. 2007-022 on Marriage and Matrimonial Regimes states that:
"Marriage between two persons of the same sex is prohibited, whether celebrated before the Civil Registrar or performed according to traditional ceremonies."
Article 39 mentions "gender identity" as a cause for the absolute nullity of marriage.
"Marriage between two persons of the same sex is prohibited, whether celebrated before the Civil Registrar or performed according to traditional ceremonies."
Article 39 mentions "gender identity" as a cause for the absolute nullity of marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Toliara is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Madagascar, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Toliara is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no procedure to legally change your gender in Madagascar.
Gender-affirming care in Toliara is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Madagascar is banned
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Toliara is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no framework to legally change your gender in Madagascar, non-binary options are defacto not recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Toliara is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since 2005
Illegal in some contexts
There is no broad legal protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. There are limited protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and sexual life.
-Act No. 2005-040 on the Fight against HIV/AIDS and the Protection of the Rights of people living with HIV/AIDS (Articles 17 and 26).
-Article 18 of Law No. 2014-038 on the Protection of Personal Data.
-Law No. 2017-027 Relating to international cooperation in criminal matters (Articles 45 and 67).
-Act No. 2005-040 on the Fight against HIV/AIDS and the Protection of the Rights of people living with HIV/AIDS (Articles 17 and 26).
-Article 18 of Law No. 2014-038 on the Protection of Personal Data.
-Law No. 2017-027 Relating to international cooperation in criminal matters (Articles 45 and 67).
LGBT employment discrimination in Toliara is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Law No. 2024–014 on the Labor Code does not offer protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Toliara is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Toliara is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no standards for medical care provided to intersex people in Madagascar, leaving infant surgery legal.
Serving openly in military in Toliara is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
It is legal to serve if you are LGB, Trans people can’t serve
Blood donations by MSMs in Toliara is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Toliara is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal and widespread in Madagascar.
Equal age of consent in Toliara is unequal.
Current status
Since Jun 17, 1972
Unequal
Article 331 of Madagascar’s penal code states that the age of consent for heterosexual sex is 14, and the age of consent for homosexual sex is 21.
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Alternative names: Toliara, Tuléar