- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Benguela is legal.
Current status
Legal
It will become legal nationwide in 2020.
Same-sex marriage in Benguela is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
no laws in place.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Benguela is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Benguela, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Benguela is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nationwide.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Benguela is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Benguela is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Full discrimination protections in 2020.
LGBT employment discrimination in Benguela is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the revision of the 2015 criminal code.
LGBT housing discrimination in Benguela is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Same-sex adoption in Benguela is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Serving openly in military in Benguela is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Benguela is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Conversion therapy in Benguela is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Nationwide.
Equal age of consent in Benguela is equal.
Current status
Equal
Starting 2020.
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