- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
Public Opinion
Public opinion surveys in Botswana have pointed to a varied attitude towards LGBTQ+ individuals.
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Same-sex marriage in Botswana is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Botswana is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Botswana is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-affirming care in Botswana is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Botswana is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Botswana is illegal in some contexts.
The Employment Act (2010) prohibits employers from terminating contracts of employment on the basis of "sexual orientation".
There are no laws that protect gender identity from discrimination
LGBT employment discrimination in Botswana is sexual orientation only.
LGBT housing discrimination in Botswana is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Botswana is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Botswana is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Botswana is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in Botswana is ambiguous.
In 2014, the Ministry of Health denied banning gays and lesbians from donating blood. However, the same year the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) confirmed the ban.
LGBT Rights by District
View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Botswana.