- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Mtwara is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Same-sex marriage in Mtwara is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mtwara is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Mtwara, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Mtwara is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nationwide.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mtwara is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Mtwara is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Nationwide.
LGBT employment discrimination in Mtwara is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Nationwide.
LGBT housing discrimination in Mtwara is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Nationwide.
Same-sex adoption in Mtwara is legal.
Current status
Legal
Has close ties with Mozambique.
Serving openly in military in Mtwara is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Mtwara is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Equal age of consent in Mtwara is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent.
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