Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✔ Recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Santa Catarina

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Homosexual activity in Santa Catarina is legal.

Current status
Legal
In all of Brazil
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pridelegal.com/brazil-lgbt-laws/
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Same-sex marriage in Santa Catarina

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Same-sex marriage in Santa Catarina is legal.

Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Santa Catarina

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Santa Catarina is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Santa Catarina, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Santa Catarina

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Right to change legal gender in Santa Catarina is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 2018
Legal, no restrictions
In all of Brazil, transgender people can request their gender be legally changed without surgery or medical diagnosis.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
jota.info/justica/transexua…
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Gender-Affirming Care in Santa Catarina

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Gender-Affirming Care in Santa Catarina is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Santa Catarina

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Santa Catarina is recognized.

Current status
Since Apr 23, 2022
Recognized
The determination is pioneering since it allows the change in an administrative way, just going to a notary and requesting the change, without the need for a lawsuit.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
google.com/amp/s/g1.globo.c…
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LGBT discrimination in Santa Catarina

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LGBT discrimination in Santa Catarina is illegal.

Current status
Since Jun 13, 2019
Illegal
Under federal regulation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-47206924
reuters.com/article/us-braz…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Santa Catarina

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LGBT employment discrimination in Santa Catarina is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Nationwide.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Santa Catarina

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LGBT housing discrimination in Santa Catarina is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jun 13, 2019
Sexual orientation and gender identity
When renting a property, the owner cannot refuse a tenant on the basis of ethnicity, religion, social status or sexual orientation or any social group someone belongs to. It is written in the Federal Constitution, discrimination is a crime.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
reuters.com/article/us-braz…

publicidadeimobiliaria.com/…
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Same-sex adoption in Santa Catarina

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Same-sex adoption in Santa Catarina is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 2015
Legal
Same sex couples adoptions are legal nationwide in Brazil since March 2015 by Supreme Federal Court recognition.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
jusbrasil.com.br/artigos/ca…
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Serving openly in military in Santa Catarina

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Serving openly in military in Santa Catarina is legal.

Current status
Since Aug 2005
Legal
Nationwide.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
jus.com.br/artigos/8206/a-p…
jusmilitaris.com.br/novo/up…
noticias.r7.com/brasil/noti…
diariodepernambuco.com.br/a…
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Intersex infant surgery in Santa Catarina

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Intersex infant surgery in Santa Catarina is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Santa Catarina

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Blood donations by MSMs in Santa Catarina is legal.

Current status
Since May 8, 2020
Legal
Under federal regulation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
saude.abril.com.br/blog/com…
portal.stf.jus.br/noticias/…
saude.abril.com.br/blog/com…
g1.globo.com/df/distrito-fe…
brasil.elpais.com/brasil/20…
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Conversion therapy in Santa Catarina

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Conversion therapy in Santa Catarina is banned.

Current status
Since 1999
Banned
Under federal regulation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
out.com/entertainment/popno…
politicalresearch.org/brazi…
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Equal age of consent in Santa Catarina

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Equal age of consent in Santa Catarina is equal.

Current status
Equal
Nationwide.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir…
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