- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Until Jul 15, 2016
Until Jul 15, 2016
History
Same-sex marriage in New Brunswick is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 4, 2005
Since Jul 4, 2005
Legal
Under the Civil Marriage Act.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in New Brunswick is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In New Brunswick, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in New Brunswick is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Since Jan 1, 2017
Legal, surgery not required
Government covers SRS. Also not required federally as well.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in New Brunswick is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in New Brunswick is illegal.
Current status
Since May 13, 2011
Since May 13, 2011
Illegal
Discrimination is prohibited on the grounds of "sexual orientation"
LGBT employment discrimination in New Brunswick is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jul 15, 2016
Since Jul 15, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the New Brunswick Human Right Code
LGBT housing discrimination in New Brunswick is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jul 15, 2016
Since Jul 15, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the new Brunswick human rights code.
Until Jul 15, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the new Brunswick human rights code.
Until Jul 15, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the new Brunswick human rights code.
Same-sex adoption in New Brunswick is legal.
Current status
Legal
under the New Brunswick Adoption Act.
Serving openly in military in New Brunswick is legal.
Current status
Legal
Under federal branch.
Blood donations by MSMs in New Brunswick is banned (1-year deferral).
Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
According to the Canadian Blood Ban. Changes pending.
Conversion therapy in New Brunswick is banned.
Current status
Banned
Banned in all of Canada
Equal age of consent in New Brunswick is equal.
Current status
Equal
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