- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Ambiguous
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
According to recent survey data, there appears to be strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights in Togo.
History
Homosexual activity in Togo is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Same-sex marriage in Togo is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Togo is imprisonment as punishment.
Right to change legal gender in Togo is illegal.
Gender-affirming care in Togo is ambiguous.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Togo is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Togo is illegal in some contexts.
Article 5 of the Press and Communications Code (Law 2020-001) defines defamation as a "false accusation that damages a person's honor and reputation. Defamation can be racist, sexist, or homophobic." The law prohibits the dissemination of defamatory comments and defamatory advertising messages.
LGBT employment discrimination in Togo is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Togo is unknown.
Intersex infant surgery in Togo is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Togo is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Togo is ambiguous.
Conversion therapy in Togo is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Togo is n/a.