Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Malawi

Equality Index ?
30 / 100
12 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
17 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
6 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2011
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2002
Banned
Since 2015
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Since 2011
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Since 2015
Gender-affirming careRestrictedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2019
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2015
Unknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
N/A
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