- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
In Botswana, public opinion seems to reflect a lack of acceptance or understanding of the LGBTQ+ community.
Botswana Surveys
History
Homosexual activity in Botswana is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Botswana is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Botswana is legal, no restrictions.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Botswana is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Botswana is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Botswana is sexual orientation only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Botswana is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Botswana is single only.
Serving openly in military in Botswana is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Blood donations by MSMs in Botswana is legal.
Conversion therapy in Botswana is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Botswana is equal.
LGBT Rights by District
View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Botswana.