- 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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Until Jan 31, 2021
History
Homosexual activity in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1980
Since Jan 1, 1980
Legal
Same-sex marriage in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Since Dec 9, 2017
Since Dec 9, 2017
Legal
Following a nation-wide postal vote, 61.6% of Australians voted 'Yes' for Same-sex Marriage in November 2017. The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 subsequently passed parliament on 7th December and was given Royal Assent on 8th December, coming into effect from 9th December 2017, Australia-wide (including Victoria).
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Victoria is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Victoria, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Victoria is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since May 1, 2020
Since May 1, 2020
Legal, surgery not required
Amended birth certificate laws.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Victoria is recognized.
Current status
Since May 1, 2020
Since May 1, 2020
Recognized
Same birth laws that allowed gender change without GRS.
LGBT employment discrimination in Victoria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Cannot discriminate on grounds of sexual preference or gender identification: some religious exemptions apply.
LGBT housing discrimination in Victoria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Addressed by the Equal Opportunity Act 2010
Serving openly in military in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Legal
As per Commonwealth
Blood donations by MSMs in Victoria is banned (3-month deferral).
Current status
Since Jan 31, 2021
Since Jan 31, 2021
Banned (3-month deferral)
As of January 31 2021, Australian Red Cross’s Lifeblood service requires a 3-month deferral.
Until Jan 31, 2021
Banned (1-year deferral)
Australian Red Cross's Lifeblood Service has relaxed the deferral period.
Equal age of consent in Victoria is equal.
Current status
Equal
In Victoria the law about under-age sex is the same for both men and women and for gay and heterosexual sex.
Legal Rights
98 / 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 Victoria to help improve its accuracy.
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