- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (3-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Queensland is legal.
Current status
Since Dec 9, 2017
Since Dec 9, 2017
Legal
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.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Queensland is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Queensland, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Queensland is recognized.
Current status
Since Dec 2, 2022
Since Dec 2, 2022
Recognized
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022: Under the amended laws, people will be able to nominate a sex descriptor of their choice, including male, female, trans man, trans woman, ‘agender’, ‘genderqueer’ or ‘non-binary’ as long as the change isn’t sought for fraudulent or improper purposes.
LGBT discrimination in Queensland is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
LGBT employment discrimination in Queensland is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the Sex Discrimination Amendment Act.
LGBT housing discrimination in Queensland is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Serving openly in military in Queensland is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Since Jan 1, 1992
Legal
Conversion therapy in Queensland is banned.
Current status
Since Aug 13, 2020
Since Aug 13, 2020
Banned
The Health Leislation Ammendment Act of 2020 modified the Public Health Act of 2005 to make conversion therapy illegal. Penalties are up to 18 months in jail for attempting to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity using practices such as aversion therapy, hypnotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Equal age of consent in Queensland is equal.
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