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LGBT Rights in Saskatchewan Province

    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
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History

Homosexual activity in Saskatchewan

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Homosexual activity in Saskatchewan is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1969
Legal
Nationwide.
Sources:
Nationwide.
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Same-sex marriage in Saskatchewan

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Same-sex marriage in Saskatchewan is legal.

Current status
Since Nov 5, 2004
Legal
Queen's Bench Justice Donna Wilson Ruled It unconstitutional.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Saskatchewan

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Saskatchewan is no censorship.

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

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

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2015
Legal, surgery not required
Since 2015
Sources:
Since 2015
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Aug 31, 2009–Jun 1, 2015
Legal, but requires surgery
Surgery is required in the Vital Statistics Act.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Saskatchewan

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Saskatchewan is recognized.

Current status
Since May 26, 2018
Recognized
Saskatchewan residents can request an X gender marker on their IDs or birth certificates or opt to remove the marker altogether.
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LGBT discrimination in Saskatchewan

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LGBT discrimination in Saskatchewan is illegal.

Current status
Since 2014
Illegal
Protection for Sexual orientation province wide and gender identity and expression under bill C-16. Gender identity protection added to the provincial protections in 2014
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Until 2014
Illegal in some contexts
Only thing it doesn't have protection for gender identity. Protected under the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Saskatchewan

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LGBT employment discrimination in Saskatchewan is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under Saskatchewan Human Rights Code. Under Bill C-16.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Saskatchewan

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LGBT housing discrimination in Saskatchewan is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under SASK Human Rights Code. Under Bill C-16.
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Same-sex adoption in Saskatchewan

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Same-sex adoption in Saskatchewan is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1998
Legal
Under Federal Bill and provincial Bill. The provincial bill is Adoption Act 1998
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Serving openly in military in Saskatchewan

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Serving openly in military in Saskatchewan is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1969
Legal
legal under federal army. legal since
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Jan 1, 1969–Jan 1, 1969
N/A
legal under federal army. legal since
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Blood donations by MSMs in Saskatchewan

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Blood donations by MSMs in Saskatchewan is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 30, 2022
Legal
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Jun 3, 2019–Sep 30, 2022
Banned (3-month deferral)
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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2016–Jun 3, 2019
Banned (1-year deferral)
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Conversion therapy in Saskatchewan

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Conversion therapy in Saskatchewan is banned.

Current status
Banned
Banned in all of Canada
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Equal age of consent in Saskatchewan

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Equal age of consent in Saskatchewan is equal.

Current status
Equal
it is at age 16
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