- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✔ Full ban
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Australian Capital Territory is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Australian Capital Territory is no censorship.
Gender-affirming care in Australian Capital Territory is legal.
For Oestrogen or Testosterone two independent child and adolescent psychiatrists must do a standardised assessment of psychological development as well as a formal assessment of the child’s gender identification and capacity to understand the proposed treatment. A paediatric endocrinologist establishes the child’s pubertal stage, excludes disorders and discusses with the child and parents the effects and risks of puberty suppression.
For Puberty blockers a young person requires a multidisciplinary team consisting of a paediatrician, two mental health professionals (one must be a psychiatrist), and a fertility expert, to agree treatment is in the child’s best interests. It is then necessary to make an application to the Family Court for authorisation of treatment.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Australian Capital Territory is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.
LGBT employment discrimination in Australian Capital Territory is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.
Same-sex adoption in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.
Intersex infant surgery in Australian Capital Territory is full ban.
Serving openly in military in Australian Capital Territory is legal.
(Australia is responsible for the defence of: Heard Island and McDonald Islands.)
Blood donations by MSMs in Australian Capital Territory 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 Australian Capital Territory is banned.
Australia Equality Rank
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#1 Australian Capital Territory86
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#2 Victoria79
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#3 Tasmania77
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#4 South Australia76
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