- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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Public Opinion
Public opinion polls in particular regions of Benin have found that homophobic beliefs persist.
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History
Homosexual activity in Benin is legal.
Current status
Legal
Benin does not have a law on the books criminalizing homosexuality.
Same-sex marriage in Benin is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1900
Unrecognized
Same sex marriage is not recognized.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Benin is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Benin, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Benin is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No Laws in place.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Benin is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
There is no legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Benin is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1900
No protections
No explicit protections. People are kicked out of their house if they are found out if they are lgbt.
LGBT employment discrimination in Benin is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1900
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Benin is no protections.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1900
No protections
None exist in the criminal code.
Same-sex adoption in Benin is single only.
Current status
Single only
No restrictions. No laws in place for same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Benin is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
No african county including this one allows trans service
Conversion therapy in Benin is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Benin is unequal.
Current status
Unequal
Age of consent is 13 for hetero sex, and 21 for gay sex.