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Zambia Гей-индекс путешествий 2026

10/100
Высокий риск #179 of 207

Оценка = Право 10/60 + Сцена 0/40 = 10/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 15 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Правовая безопасность · Legal milestones · Сцена на месте · Частые вопросы

⚠ Криминализировано

Однополые отношения здесь криминализированы или активно преследуются. Перед поездкой изучите рекомендации вашего правительства для путешественников; эта страница носит информационный характер и не является рекомендацией к поездке.

КриминализацияCriminalized
Партнёрство● Нет not recognised
Защита от дискриминации● Нет
Признание гендераNot possible — no legal gender recognition
Правоприменение на практикеActive enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue

Research note: Frequent arrests, convictions; Amnesty documented 2024 cases — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

  1. 1911Same-sex sexual activity was criminalized under British colonial rule when the territory was administered as Rhodesia. ↗
  2. 2005Penal code amendments hardened Sections 155 and 156, setting penalties of 15 years to life for acts 'against the order of nature'. ↗
  3. 2010The National Constitutional Conference adopted a clause explicitly forbidding same-sex marriage. ↗
  4. 2013Activist Paul Kasonkomona was arrested after discussing decriminalization and HIV prevention on national television. ↗
  5. 2015The High Court acquitted Kasonkomona, ruling his televised statements were protected freedom of expression. ↗
  6. TodaySame-sex activity remained criminalized with sentences up to life imprisonment, and Zambia rejected UN calls to repeal its sodomy laws. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

Сцена на месте — 0/40 баллов

0
LGBTQ+ заведений в каталоге
0
Гей-бары
0
Гей-сауны
0
Города со сценой
0
Прайд-парады
0
Квир-кинофестивали
Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)
Гей-баров на миллион—
Саун на миллион—
Событий на миллион—
Уровень охвата—
Оценка сцены0/40 (исходный индекс сцены 0/100)

Частые вопросы

Безопасно ли в Zambia для гей-путешественников?

Zambia is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 10/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.

Легальны ли однополые браки в Zambia?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Zambia. Overall legal status: Criminalized.

Есть ли гей-сцена в Zambia?

GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Zambia, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.