- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Housing Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
An analysis of recent data in Malawi indicates a widespread and severe resistance to LGBTQ+ rights, a situation that is deeply troubling to human rights advocates.
History
Homosexual activity in Malawi is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Since Apr 1, 1930
Same-sex marriage in Malawi is not legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Malawi is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Malawi is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Malawi is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Malawi is illegal in some contexts.
LGBT employment discrimination in Malawi is ambiguous.
LGBT housing discrimination in Malawi is ambiguous.
Same-sex adoption in Malawi is single only.
Serving openly in military in Malawi is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Malawi is legal.
Conversion therapy in Malawi is ambiguous.
Equal age of consent in Malawi is n/a.
LGBT Rights by District
View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Malawi.
- Phalombe
- Rumphi
- Salima
- Thyolo
- Zomba
- Central Region (region)
- Northern Region (region)
- Southern Region (region)
- Neno (district)