- 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
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Ruvuma is legal.
Current status
Legal
Only criminalized regionally in Zanzibar.
Same-sex marriage in Ruvuma is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ruvuma is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Ruvuma, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Ruvuma is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nationwide.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ruvuma is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Ruvuma is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No
LGBT employment discrimination in Ruvuma is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Ruvuma is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Serving openly in military in Ruvuma is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ruvuma is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Equal age of consent in Ruvuma is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set age of consent