Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    Unknown
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    Unknown
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    Unknown
    Housing Discrimination
    Unknown
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Antigua and Barbuda

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Homosexual activity in Antigua and Barbuda is legal.

Current status
Since Jul 5, 2022
Legal
The High Court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda ruled that sections of the Sexual Offences Act of 1995 which made homosexual sex illegal were unconstitutional, and struck them down.

Same-sex marriage in Antigua and Barbuda

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Same-sex marriage in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Censorship of LGBT issues in Antigua and Barbuda

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Antigua and Barbuda is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Antigua and Barbuda, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Antigua and Barbuda

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Right to change legal gender in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Gender-affirming care in Antigua and Barbuda

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Gender-affirming care in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Antigua and Barbuda

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Antigua and Barbuda is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No way to change legal gender, including non-binary.
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LGBT discrimination in Antigua and Barbuda

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LGBT discrimination in Antigua and Barbuda is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 5, 2022
Illegal
As a result of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court's ruling that decriminalized sodomy, references to sex in the constitution were interpreted to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories against discrimination.

"In giving a liberal and purposive interpretation to section 14(3) of the Constitution the reference to “sex” ought not to merely reference a physical gender. Such an approach would be too linear and restrictive. The reference to “sex” would necessarily encompass concepts such as gender identity, sexual character, and sexual orientation. It would be self-defeating to the constitutional provision if the notion of sex were to be separated from matters of sexual orientation and sexual identification since the concept of sex as a physical gender carries with it a perception of how people identify and are oriented even in those instances when the identification and orientation are stereotypical or traditional in nature."

LGBT employment discrimination in Antigua and Barbuda

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LGBT employment discrimination in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Antigua and Barbuda

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LGBT housing discrimination in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Antigua and Barbuda

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Same-sex adoption in Antigua and Barbuda is illegal.

Current status
Since Mar 17, 2016
Illegal
The Children (Care and Adoption) Act (2015), states that “couple” means a man and a woman who are married to each other; or who are not married to each other, but are cohabiting in a relationship of some permanence.
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Intersex infant surgery in Antigua and Barbuda

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Intersex infant surgery in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Antigua and Barbuda

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Serving openly in military in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Antigua and Barbuda

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Blood donations by MSMs in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Antigua and Barbuda

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Conversion therapy in Antigua and Barbuda is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Antigua and Barbuda

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Equal age of consent in Antigua and Barbuda is equal.

Current status
Since Jul 5, 2022
Equal
On July 5th, 2022, The High Court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda struck down sections of the Sexual Offences Act of 1995 that made homosexuality illegal. In the ruling, the age of consent was set the same for any two persons, regardless of gender.
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LGBT Rights by Parish

View the LGBT laws in each individual parish of Antigua and Barbuda.