- 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
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Public Opinion
According to recent survey data, there appears to be strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights in Togo.
OPPOSE
SUPPORT
History
Same-sex marriage in Togo is banned.
Current status
Since Aug 13, 1980
Banned
Same sex marriage is not legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Togo is imprisonment as punishment.
Right to change legal gender in Togo is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There are no procedures for legal gender recognition in Togo.
Gender-affirming care in Togo is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
There is no information on who can receive gender-affirming care in Togo.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Togo is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Legal gender recognition is not provided to nonbinary or intersex people in Togo.
LGBT discrimination in Togo is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Jan 7, 2020
Illegal in some contexts
There is no broad legal protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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.
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.
Current status
No protections
The Labor Code (2021) does not protect LGBT people from discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Togo is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Togo is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Togo.
Serving openly in military in Togo is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Togo is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
There are no official sources from the Ministry of Health regarding the requirements for donating blood. The hostile situation regarding access to health care for LGBT people makes it unlikely that they can donate blood without facing legal and social discrimination.
Conversion therapy in Togo is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Togo is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
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#223
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