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The legal status of same-sex sexual activity is ambiguous in Mozambique. There are no explicit laws against homosexual sex, and on March 2011, the Minister of Justice declared during the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review that homosexuality is not an offence in Mozambique. However, the Penal Code does contain an offence of “practices against nature“A notable figure to have spoken out in support of LGBT rights in Mozambique and the rest of Africa is former president Joaquim Chissano who also spoke to other African leaders to stop laws that impede on LGBT rights in Africa.
A September 2013 survey of people in the Maputo and the cities of Beira and Nampula found moderate levels of support for the legal recognition of same-sex couples and parenting rights:[16]
Maputo Beira Nampula Same rights for same-sex and opposite-sex couples 42.7% 32.0% 47.2% Same-sex marriage 37.0% 17.9% 28.2% Same-sex adoption 49.5% 40.2% 44.9% Summary table
Same-sex sexual activity legal 
(Confirmed)Equal age of consent (Confirmed)Anti-discrimination laws in employment (Since 2006)Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services 
Anti-discrimination laws in hate speech and violence Same-sex marriage Recognition of same-sex couples Step-child adoption by same-sex couples Joint adoption by same-sex couples Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military Right to change legal gender 
Access to IVF for lesbians Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples Current News
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