- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Legal, but banned for minors
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
Public Opinion
Public opinion polls in particular regions of Benin have found that homophobic beliefs persist.
History
Homosexual activity in Benin is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Benin is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Benin is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Benin is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Benin is legal, but banned for minors.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Benin is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Benin is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Benin is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Benin is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Benin is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Benin is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Benin is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Conversion therapy in Benin is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Benin is unequal.
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