Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & French Guiana

Equality Index ?
31 / 100
61 / 100
Legal Index ?
44 / 100
88 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
34 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalLegal
Since 1791
Same-sex marriageUnrecognized
Since 1900
Legal
Since 2013
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, no restrictions
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Since 2000
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Since 2016
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsIllegal
Since 2004
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlyLegal
Since 2013
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousN/A
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedBanned
Since 2022
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
Equal
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