- 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
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Until Apr 29, 2014
By The Numbers
72%
of British Columbia residents would be okay with a family member marrying someone of the same-sex
(Fondation Émergence, 2020)
77%
of British Columbia residents believe same-sex parents are as good as opposite-sex parents
(Fondation Émergence, 2014)
64%
of British Columbia residents agree legalization of same-sex marriage is a good thing
71%
of British Columbia residents would attend a same-sex marriage if invited
(Fondation Émergence, 2011)
History
Censorship of LGBT Issues in British Columbia is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In British Columbia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in British Columbia is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Apr 29, 2014
Since Apr 29, 2014
Legal, surgery not required
Now, surgery is not required to change an individual's stated gender on their birth certificate.
Until Apr 29, 2014
Legal, but requires surgery
Surgery was required
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in British Columbia is recognized.
Current status
Since Nov 1, 2018
Since Nov 1, 2018
Recognized
British Columbia residents can ask for an X gender marker on their driver’s license, identity card, birth certificate and BC Services Card.
LGBT discrimination in British Columbia is illegal.
Current status
Since 1996
Since 1996
Illegal
Outlined in BC Human Rights Code
LGBT employment discrimination in British Columbia is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jul 25, 2016
Since Jul 25, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
BC Legislature passed a bill adding gender identity to protected class in the BC Human Rights Code
LGBT housing discrimination in British Columbia is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jul 25, 2016
Since Jul 25, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
BC Legislature passed a bill to include gender identity in the protected class for BC Human Rights Code
Same-sex adoption in British Columbia is legal.
Current status
Since May 19, 1999
Since May 19, 1999
Legal
M v. H (Canada) rules that Constitution protects same-sex couples.
Blood donations by MSMs in British Columbia is legal.
Current status
Since Sep 30, 2022
Since Sep 30, 2022
Legal
Following the Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
Conversion therapy in British Columbia is banned.
Current status
Banned
Banned in all of Canada
Equal age of consent in British Columbia is equal.
Current status
Since Jun 21, 2019
Since Jun 21, 2019
Equal
Equal age of consent at 16. Previously, anal sex was set at 18.
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