- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- 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
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Mali indicate societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights.
OPPOSE
SUPPORT
History
Homosexual activity in Mali is legal.
Current status
Since Aug 3, 1961
Since Aug 3, 1961
Legal
Same-sex marriage in Mali is not legal.
Current status
Since Jun 23, 2023
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.
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.
Right to change legal gender in Mali is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No laws allowing legal gender change.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mali is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Mali is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 22, 1960
Since Sep 22, 1960
No protections
The date is the date at which Mali became indepedent
LGBT employment discrimination in Mali is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 22, 1960
Since Sep 22, 1960
No protections
No protections exist.
LGBT housing discrimination in Mali is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 22, 1960
Since Sep 22, 1960
No protections
No protections exist.
Same-sex adoption in Mali is single only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2011
Since Jan 1, 2011
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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
Conversion therapy in Mali is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Mali is equal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1961
Since Jan 1, 1961
Equal