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LGBT Rights in Mali

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    Ambiguous
    Non-binary gender recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Recent studies in Mali indicate societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights.

History

Homosexual activity in Mali

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Homosexual activity in Mali is legal.

Current status
Since Aug 3, 1961
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Mali

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Same-sex marriage in Mali is not legal.

Current status
Since Jun 23, 2023
Not legal
Malians approved amendments to the constitution in referendum. One of amendments defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman.
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Dec 30, 2011–Jun 23, 2023
Unrecognized
Article 280 of the 2011 Family Code states marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mali

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mali is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Mali, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Mali

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Right to change legal gender in Mali is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
No law against it.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mali

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mali is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Mali

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LGBT discrimination in Mali is no protections.

Current status
Since Sep 22, 1960
No protections
The date is the date at which Mali became indepedent
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LGBT employment discrimination in Mali

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LGBT employment discrimination in Mali is no protections.

Current status
Since Sep 22, 1960
No protections
No protections exist.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Mali

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LGBT housing discrimination in Mali is no protections.

Current status
Since Sep 22, 1960
No protections
No protections exist.
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Same-sex adoption in Mali

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Same-sex adoption in Mali is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2011
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Mali

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Serving openly in military in Mali is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Not a single country in Africa allows trans military service
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Blood donations by MSMs in Mali

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Blood donations by MSMs in Mali is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Mali

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Conversion therapy in Mali is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Mali

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Equal age of consent in Mali is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1961
Equal
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LGBT Rights by Region

View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Mali.