Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Myanmar

Equality Index ?
30 / 100
19 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
12 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
27 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1861
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2002
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Since 1946
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedRestricted
Since 1963
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
Single only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousUnknown
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
N/A
Since 1861
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