Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Ethiopia

Equality Index ?
29 / 100
12 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
11 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
16 / 100
13 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1958
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2002
Banned
Since 2009
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Since 2005
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedRestricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2015
Illegal
Since 2018
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
N/A
Since 1958
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