LGBT Rights in Argentina

Homosexuality
⚢
✔ Legal
Marriage
⚭
✔ Legal
Changing Gender
✔ Legal, surgery not required
Adoption
✔ Legal
Discrimination
Illegal in some contexts
Employment Discrimination
Varies by Region
Housing Discrimination
Varies 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

Homosexual activity in Argentina

Current status
(since 1887)

Legal

Homosexual activity is legal in Argentina.

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Same-sex marriage in Argentina

Current status
(since Jul 15, 2010)

Legal

In 2010, Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage. The Senate passed the bill by a narrow margin (33 votes in favor, 27 against, and 3 abstained).

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Right to change legal gender in Argentina

Current status
(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.

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May 24, 2012–Feb 26, 2018

Legal, surgery not required

As well people can change documents if they wish

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Same-sex adoption in Argentina

Current status
(since Jul 15, 2010)

Legal

Same-sex adoption is legal in Argentina.

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LGBT discrimination in Argentina

Current status
(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.

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LGBT employment discrimination in Argentina

Current status

Varies by Region

Pending nationwide.

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Sexual orientation and gender identity

Sexual orientation only

No protections

LGBT housing discrimination in Argentina

Current status

Varies by Region

Pending nationwide.

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Sexual orientation and gender identity

Sexual orientation only

No protections

Homosexuals serving openly in military in Argentina

Current status
(since 2007)

Legal

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Equal age of consent in Argentina

Current status
(since 2001)

Equal

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Blood donations by MSMs in Argentina

Current status
(since Sep 16, 2015)

Legal

Ban on donation was lifted

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Jun 13, 2006–Sep 16, 2015

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.

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