- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✔ Legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✔ Legal
- DiscriminationIllegal in some contexts
- Housing DiscriminationVaries by Region
- Employment DiscriminationVaries by Region
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy✔ Banned
Public Opinion
"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?"
Argentina ranks #9 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 4, 2013)
(21%) No
Yes (74%)
History
Current status
(since 1887)
(since 1887)
Legal
Homosexual activity is legal in Argentina.
Current status
(since May 24, 2012)
(since May 24, 2012)
Legal, surgery not required
People have a right to change their legal gender without approval from a doctor or a judge. Sex reassignment surgery and hormonal treatments are not required, but they are provided by the state for free to anyone who requests them.
Several people had had their legal gender changed before the Gender Identity Law through court decisions, including popular actress, TV host and trans woman Flor de la V.
Several people had had their legal gender changed before the Gender Identity Law through court decisions, including popular actress, TV host and trans woman Flor de la V.
Current status
(since Jul 15, 2010)
(since Jul 15, 2010)
Legal
Same-sex adoption is legal in Argentina.
Current status
(since Feb 27, 2009)
(since Feb 27, 2009)
Illegal in some contexts
Argentina recognizes international convention on human rights. LGBT individuals are explicitly protected in the military code but is not explicitly included in the general discrimination protection code.
Current status
Varies by Region
Pending nationwide.
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Sexual orientation only
No protections
Current status
Varies by Region
Pending nationwide.
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Sexual orientation only
No protections
Current status
(since 2007)
(since 2007)
Legal
Current status
(since 2001)
(since 2001)
Equal
Current status
(since Sep 16, 2015)
(since Sep 16, 2015)
Legal
Ban on donation was lifted
Banned (1-year deferral)
Federal regulations ban MSMs from donating blood, but it has been legal in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires since July 2013.
A bill that would strike down the federal ban in other regions was passed by the lower house of Congress, but it was never considered by the Senate.
A bill that would strike down the federal ban in other regions was passed by the lower house of Congress, but it was never considered by the Senate.
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