Consensual same-sex activity has been legal in the Northern Territory since 1984.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017. The legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day.

In the Northern Territory, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.

In 2018. the Northern Territory removed the requirement for surgery for legal gender recognition in its Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations Act but retained that proof of “appropriate clinical treatment” be provided.

Australian youth outside of Queensland can begin accessing puberty blockers at the age of 10, full HRT is not typically prescribed until 16 and GCS is often not done until 18. However, nobody can access irreversible treatment until 15.

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.

People can register their gender on their birth certificate as non-binary, intersex, indeterminate or other.

In 1993, the Northern Territory's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1992 came into effect, prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of "sexuality", which included "transsexuality", providing protections to trans people as well. Later amendments would replace sexuality with sexual orientation and add gender identitty in 2022.

On March 13, 2018, the Northern Territory passed a new law allowing same-sex couples to adopt children.

No territory or state besides the Australian Capital Territory has banned intersex infant surgery.

LGBTQ+ people are allowed to serve in the Australian army.

(Australia is responsible for the defence of: Heard Island and McDonald Islands.)

In Australia sexually active LGBT people are unable to donate blood unless they abstain from sex for three months. Since 2021, the deferral period within Australia was reduced from 1 year to 3 months without PrEP.

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.

According to ILGA, laws in force in Northern Territory do not regulate or restrict sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression change efforts.