Compare LGBT Rights in Benin & Gibraltar

Equality Index ?
29 / 100
73 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
82 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
16 / 100
63 / 100
Law
Homosexual activityLegalLegal
Since 2000
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2002
Legal
Since 2016
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedUnknown
Hate crime protectionsUnknownUnknown
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsIllegal
Since 2013
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2007
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2009
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2015
Legal
Since 2013
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousLegal
Since 2000
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2018
Equal
Since 2011
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2014–2016)
17% Tolerate
80% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2016–2018)
22% Tolerate
77% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
4% Good place
91% Not a good place
Region not surveyed
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