Current Version
| Region | South Korea |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Aug 15, 1948 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in local jurisdictions, but national law doesn't protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. |
| Sources | http://annual.sogilaw.org/review/download_ko/1817 |
Revision History (5)
Revision by maansf. edit law
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| End Date | Jan 1, 1949 | (NONE) |
Revision by ckd. incorrect info. Please remove.
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| End Date | (NONE) | Jan 1, 1949 |
Revision by rainbowmit1. Corrected error
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| Description | There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in South Korea. | There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in local jurisdictions, but national law doesn't protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. |
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Reports (1)
- Sources are invalid or broken
Revision by Meelis
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| Description | Date shown is the founding of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in South Korea. | There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in South Korea. |
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Revision by Pizzaslices412653
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| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| Description | Date shown is the founding of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). There are no LGBT anti-discrimination protections in South Korea. | Date shown is the founding of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in South Korea. |
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| Sources | http://www.hrw.org/news/2007/11/05/south-korea-anti-discrimination-bill-excludes-many | http://annual.sogilaw.org/review/download_ko/1817 |
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Reports (8)
- Status is not correct "I think some provinces give sexuality discrimination protection. I saw it on wikipedia"
- Newer law has been passed "National Human Rights Commission act currently covers sexual orientation and gender idenity"
- Status is not correct "South Korea has no any protections or anti-discriminations about LGBTQ+people. Please deleted this wrong informations."
- Date is incorrect "Should be 4 Sep 2018 - present"
- Status is not correct "Illegal since 4 Sep 2018; the status of this section and the other are backwards in that this should be "15 Aug 1948 - 4 Sep 2018""
- Status is not correct "http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/896150.html"
- Status is not correct
- Other information is incorrect "This is a past policy. Current policy is to allow transgender South Koreans to change identification information without sex re-assignment surgery."