Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & New Caledonia

Equality Index ?
30 / 100
78 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
86 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
71 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalLegal
Since 1853
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2002
Legal
Since 2013
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, no restrictions
Since 2018
Gender-affirming careRestrictedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsIllegal
Since 2005
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2015
Legal
Since 2013
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousUnknown
Blood donations by MSMsLegalUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedBanned
Since 2022
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
Equal
Since 1984
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