Mohale's Hoek is governed by federal Lesotho law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    Ambiguous
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✖ Restricted
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Mohale's Hoek

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Homosexual activity in Mohale's Hoek is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 9, 2012
Legal
The Penal Code Act of 2010 decriminalized homosexuality.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lesotholii.org/ls/legislati…
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1884–Mar 9, 2012
Male illegal, female legal
The Roman-Dutch law of the Cape Colony, including the sodomy offence, was applied to Basutoland (as Lesotho was then known) by a proclamation of the British High Commissioner in 1884 (exact date unknown).
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/…
lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/…
jstor.org/stable/23245418 (page 164-165)
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Same-sex marriage in Mohale's Hoek

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Same-sex marriage in Mohale's Hoek is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Oct 4, 1966
Unrecognized
The common law definition of marriage is “a union of one man with one woman, to the exclusion, while it lasts, of all others”
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mohale's Hoek

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mohale's Hoek is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Lesotho, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Mohale's Hoek

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Right to change legal gender in Mohale's Hoek is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011.

According to amendment of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs must amend the national register to provide for persons who have undergone “sex change operations” to change their “sex” identity marker on legal and identifying documents.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
state.gov/reports/2022-coun…

southernafricalitigationcen…
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Gender-Affirming Care in Mohale's Hoek

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Gender-Affirming Care in Mohale's Hoek is restricted.

Current status
Since 1994
Restricted
In 1994, Lesotho legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_r…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mohale's Hoek

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mohale's Hoek is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary identities are not legally recognized in Lesotho.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/lesotho-lgbti
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LGBT discrimination in Mohale's Hoek

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LGBT discrimination in Mohale's Hoek is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There are no protections in Lesotho based on discrimination.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/lesotho-lgbti
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LGBT employment discrimination in Mohale's Hoek

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LGBT employment discrimination in Mohale's Hoek is no protections.

Current status
Since Mar 9, 2012
No protections
high discrimination from the aids epidemic. Discrimination protections pending.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Mohale's Hoek

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LGBT housing discrimination in Mohale's Hoek is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/lesotho-lgbti
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Same-sex adoption in Mohale's Hoek

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Same-sex adoption in Mohale's Hoek is illegal.

Current status
Since Oct 4, 1966
Illegal
Single males and same-sex couples cannot adopt
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/…
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Intersex infant surgery in Mohale's Hoek

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Intersex infant surgery in Mohale's Hoek is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Mohale's Hoek

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Serving openly in military in Mohale's Hoek 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 .
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
cbc.ca/news/world/countries…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Mohale's Hoek

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Blood donations by MSMs in Mohale's Hoek is legal.

Current status
Legal
In all of Africa.
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Conversion therapy in Mohale's Hoek

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Conversion therapy in Mohale's Hoek is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Lesotho.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 325)
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Equal age of consent in Mohale's Hoek

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Equal age of consent in Mohale's Hoek is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2012
Equal
when they decriminalized homosexuality.
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