- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Varies by Region
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Varies by Region
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- Varies by Region
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent surveys in Australia indicate a moderate level of acceptance for LGBTQ+ rights in specific areas.
Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
Perception of LGBTQ+ People
Survey results from 34 LGBTQ+ Equaldex users who lived in or visited Australia.
Overall
Perceived Safety**Survey results represent personal perceptions of safety and may not be indicative of current actual conditions.
Equal Treatment
Visibility & Representation
Culture
Services
History
Same-sex marriage in Australia is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Australia is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Australia is varies by region.
By region: Most states don't allow you to change your gender marker more than once in a 12-month period. The High Court of Australia has ruled that gender reassignment surgery does not need to be comprehensive, just be socially identifiable as your preferred gender.
• Any government department that operates at a federal level does not require surgery.
• In NSW a gender marker change requires GRS, top surgery, or orchiectomy.
• In Queensland gender change requires an application confirming surgery or proof of reassignment surgery.
• In South Australia no surgery is required, only proof of psychological counseling.
• In Tasmania no surgery is required, they may require proof of psychological counseling for persons under 18.
• In Victoria no surgery is required, you just have to attest you are the gender you claim.
• In Western Australia surgery is not required.
• In Northern Territory clinical treatment, either: surgery, hormone therapy, or counselling is required.
Legal, no restrictions
- New South Wales 2025
- Queensland 2022
- Victoria 2020
- Tasmania 2019
- Northern Territory 2018
- South Australia 2017
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Western Australia 2000
Gender-affirming care in Australia is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Australia is recognized.
However, for other IDs, the availability of the X gender marker varies by states. It's not recognised in New South Wales, for example.
LGBT discrimination in Australia is illegal in some contexts.
Intersex infant surgery in Australia is varies by region.
Serving openly in military in Australia is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Australia is banned (less than 6-month deferral).
In June 2023, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved a submission from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood calling to remove most sexual activity ineligibility criteria for plasma donors.
Conversion therapy in Australia is varies by region.
Banned
Not banned
Equal age of consent in Australia is equal.
LGBT Rights by State
View the LGBT laws in each individual state of Australia.
- Western Australia
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Territory)
- Australian Capital Territory (Territory)
- Northern Territory (Territory)