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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Zambia face legal challenges not faced by non-LGBT citizens. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal for both males and females in Zambia.〔 〕 Formerly a colony of the British Empire, Zambia inherited the laws and legal system of its colonial master upon independence in 1964. Laws concerning homosexuality have largely remained unchanged since then, and homosexuality is covered by sodomy laws that also proscribe bestiality.〔 Social attitudes toward LGBT people are mostly negative and coloured by perceptions that homosexuality is immoral and a form of insanity.〔 In 1999, the non-governmental organisation Zambia Against People with Abnormal Sexual Acts (ZAPASA) formed to combat homosexuality and homosexuals in Zambia.〔〔 Arguably the largest recipient of Fundamentalist Evangelical missionaries during British colonial times,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Articles: Jerusalem Lost: The Evangelical Empire Christianity's contribution to Victorian Colonial Expansion )〕〔()〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Protestant Missions in Zimbabwe )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christianity )〕 societal attitudes towards homosexuality heavily mirror these influences. A 2010 survey revealed that only 2% of Zambians find homosexuality to be morally acceptable; nine points below the figure recorded in Uganda (11% acceptance).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biggest Ever Studies on Attitudes to Religion and Morality in Africa Released )〕 In 2013, Christine Kaseba, the wife of President Michael Sata, said that "silence around issues of men who have sex with men should be stopped and no one should be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation.” ==Law regarding same-sex sexual activity== Same-sex sexual activity is proscribed by Cap. 87, Sections 155 through 157 of Zambia's penal code.〔 〕 Section 155 ("Unnatural Offences") classifies homosexual sex (in the vague description "carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature") as a felony punishable by imprisonment for 14 years.〔 Section 156 imposes imprisonment for seven years for any "attempt to commit unnatural offences". Finally, Section 157 applies to "any act of gross indecency" committed between males, "whether in public or in private", and classifies such acts as felonies punishable by imprisonment for five years. The provision also extends to "attempts to procure the commission of any such act (gross indecency )".〔 Although Zambia's penal code contains no explicit reference to consensual sex between females, Cap. 87, Section 155 legally covers lesbianism.〔 However, like all former British East and Southern African colonies, Zambia enacted its constitution in the 1990s, overriding much of the pre-1964 criminal code, and there are very broad protections against discrimination, with much of the language lifted from the UN Charter on Human Rights. 〔() Human Rights in UNDP, Practice Note, April 2005〕 It can be argued that homosexuality is constitutionally protected under Article 23 of the 1996 Constitution: Considering that any constitution overrides all other laws, it is relevant that few if any prosecutions for homosexuality have taken place, which would allow the criminal code laws to be tested and, if found to contravene the Constitution, be struck from the books. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights in Zambia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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