Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Guinea-Bissau

Equality Index ?
31 / 100
35 / 100
Legal Index ?
44 / 100
46 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
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Homosexual activityLegalLegal
Since 1993
Same-sex marriageUnrecognized
Since 1900
Unrecognized
Since 1993
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
Equal
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