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LGBT Rights in Western Australia State

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
    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
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

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History

Homosexual activity in Western Australia

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Homosexual activity in Western Australia is legal.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
Legal
all across Australia.
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Same-sex marriage in Western Australia

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Same-sex marriage in Western Australia is legal.

Current status
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.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Western Australia

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Western Australia is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Western Australia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Western Australia

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Right to change legal gender in Western Australia is legal, surgery not required.

Current status
Since 2000
Legal, surgery not required
While Western Australia does not require gender reassignment surgery before legally changing an individual's gender, a form of reassignment procedure is required. Courts have interpreted hormones as being enough to qualify.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Western Australia

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Western Australia is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
While the idea of legally recognizing non-binary identities has been brought up in 2018, it has yet to be done.
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LGBT discrimination in Western Australia

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LGBT discrimination in Western Australia is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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LGBT employment discrimination in Western Australia

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LGBT employment discrimination in Western Australia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the Sex Discrimination admendment act
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LGBT housing discrimination in Western Australia

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LGBT housing discrimination in Western Australia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Western Australia

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Same-sex adoption in Western Australia is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Serving openly in military in Western Australia

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Serving openly in military in Western Australia is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Legal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Western Australia

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Blood donations by MSMs in Western Australia is banned (3-month deferral).

Current status
Since Jan 31, 2021
Banned (3-month deferral)
Since January 31, 2021, deferral time has been reduced to three months.
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Conversion therapy in Western Australia

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Conversion therapy in Western Australia is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Western Australia

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Equal age of consent in Western Australia is equal.

Current status
Equal
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