Homosexuality in Togo is punishable by 1-3 years in prison and a 100,000-500,000 CFA fine.

Same sex marriage is not legal.

Togo's Penal Code in 2015 contained Article 392 which specifically criminalises "offences against morality" with a person of the same sex. Article 394 punishes expression by imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years.

There are no procedures for legal gender recognition in Togo.

In Togo, there is no explicit ban on gender-affirming care, but it is almost non-existent within its healthcare system and are often turned down by local healthcare providers.

Legal gender recognition is not provided to nonbinary or intersex people in Togo.

Togo does not provide hate crime protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Article 166(5) of the Penal Code states that "Homicide is punishable by twenty (20) to thirty (30) years in prison when it is committed in response to conduct that is perceived as damaging to family honor."

There is no broad legal protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Article 311 of the Penal Code (2015), reads: "Any act based on the sexual identity of women which has the purpose or effect of impeding the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, regardless of their marital status, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural and civil fields or in any other field constitutes discrimination against women."

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.

Articles 17, 27 and 39 of Decree No. 2023-116/PR "Relating to the Collection, Transfer, Processing, and use of Passenger Data" expressly protect "sexual orientation".

The Labor Code (2021) does not protect LGBT people from discrimination.

In Togo, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from housing discrimination.

There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Togo.

Homosexuality is currently illegal.

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 is not banned.

Homosexuality is currently illegal.