Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Jordan

Equality Index ?
30 / 100
20 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
34 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
6 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalLegal
Since 1951
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2002
Banned
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipImprisonment as punishment
Since 1960
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2014
Gender-affirming careRestrictedBanned
Since 2018
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 adoptionIllegal
Since 2015
Illegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMsLegalUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
Equal
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