at public LGBTI events where pictures of them were taken and circulated in media accessible to the public resulting in their victimisation and limitation of their human rights. The analysis also found that civil society, as a key player, needs to maintain and accelerate the momentum around interventions that address the human rights of all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Overall, the report paints a less than satisfactory picture of the LGBTI situation in the country. Clearly much more work will still need to be done to reach desired levels where LGBTI persons can live dignified lives as guaranteed by the various provisions in the constitution of Zimbabwe. The number of violations from which this analysis draws are just the tip of the ice-berg in relation to the many other incidences that go unreported within the communities where LGBTI live. If the public cannot immediately embrace non- heteronormative conforming individuals, at least let there be public knowledge that simply identifying as gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual or intersex is not a criminal offence in and of itself and cannot be prosecuted; therefore the homophobic attacks are unwarranted and needless. An analysis of the state of human rights violations against LGBTI persons in Zimbabwe (2011-2017) 2