Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Montenegro

Equality Index ?
30 / 100
52 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
68 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
36 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalLegal
Since 1977
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2002
Civil unions (limited rights)
Since 2021
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2008
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Since 2012
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsIllegal
Since 2010
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2010
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2010
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2015
Illegal
Since 2007
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousLegal
Since 2017
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Since 2014
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
Equal
Since 1977
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