In 1969, Canada enacted the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69, which decriminalized private and consensual homosexual activities between adults aged 21 and over.

Same-sex marriage in Canada became legally recognised nationwide with the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country in the world to legalise gay marriage.

In Yukon Territory, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.

Since June 13th 2017, Yukon became the last province or territory to allow trans people to change their gender marker in Canada without undergoing surgeries.

Yukon currently covers most gender-affirming care a person could request. The list was vastly expanded in 2021, making Yukon the one that covers the most gender-affirming care among all provinces and territories.
This includes:
-Hormone therapy (medical practitioner must apply to benefits program on behalf of patient)
-Vaginoplasty
-Phalloplasty
-Metoidioplasty
-Penectomy
-Hysterectomy
-Salpingo-oophorectomy
-Orchiectomy
-Mastectomy
-Chest contouring
-Body contouring
-Hair removal
-Medical and travel costs
-Facial feminization surgery ($30K-$50K)
-Voice therapy
-Vocal surgery
-Mental wellness services (through All Genders Yukon Society)
-Training for healthcare professionals (at no cost) to provide compassionate and culturally sensitive WPATH gender-inclusive care

To receive this care, patients must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria and have a referral from a mental health provider.

Yukon residents can ask for an X on their birth certificate.

In 2017, the Criminal Code was amended to include gender identity or expression as a protected characteristic under hate propaganda laws.

In June 2017, Yukon amended its Human Rights Act to add gender identity and expression to its protected characteristics from discrimination.

Both are protected under the Yukon Human Rights Code as well as federally under bill C-16.

“Gender identity and gender expression” were added by Bill 7, the Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act which received royal assent in 2015.

Yukon allowed same-sex joint adoption starting on January 1, 2003. The Yukon Legislative Assembly approved the bill in May 2002, and the legal change officially went into effect at the start of 2003

Section 268 of Canada's Criminal Code (1985) makes aggravated assault illegal, including actions that cause injury or harm to a victim's sex organs. However, there is an exception in Section 268(3)(a) for medical practitioners performing surgeries to establish a "normal sexual appearance." Therefore, medical practitioners performing surgeries on intersex youth is not banned.

LGBT soldiers are permitted to serve in the Canadian military and have been since Douglas v Canada.

Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.

Yukon became the first territory to ban conversion therapy in 2020.

A federal ban was then issued in 2022.

In 2019, a bill was passed to equalise the age of consent to age 16 no matter the sexuality.