- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally 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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History
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.
Right to change legal gender in Queensland is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since 2000
Since 2000
Legal, but requires surgery
In Queensland gender change requires an application confirming surgery or proof of reassignment surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Queensland is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As of now, only male and female options are available. This might be changing soon as the government is looking at making gender optional on birth certificates and make it self-reported.
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.
Legal Rights
88 / 100
This region's Equality Index is based on legal rights alone. Please submit survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in Queensland to help improve its accuracy.
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