LGBT Rights In Tanzania
Homosexuality in Tanzania is a socially taboo topic, and same-sex sexual acts are crimes punishable by the state.
According to the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project, 95 percent of Tanzanian residents believe that homosexuality is a way of life that society should not accept, which was the seventh-highest rate of non-acceptance in the 45 countries surveyed.
Read more about LGBT Rights In Tanzania: Laws Regarding Same-sex Sexual Activity and Relationships, Recognition of Same-sex Relationships, Discrimination Protections, Adoption, Living Conditions, International Pressure On Tanzania To Legalize Same-sex Sexual Activities, Tanzania's Obligations Under International Law and Treaties
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“Whilst the rights of all as persons are equal, in virtue of their access to reason, their rights in property are very unequal. One man owns his clothes, and another owns a country.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)