Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Cameroon

Equality Index ?
31 / 100
9 / 100
Legal Index ?
44 / 100
5 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
12 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1967
Same-sex marriageUnrecognized
Since 1900
Banned
Since 1967
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Since 2016
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsNo protections
Since 1972
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1972
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1972
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlyIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsLegalUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
N/A
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