- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unregistered cohabitation
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- Varies by Region
- Employment Discrimination
- Varies by Region
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Sichuan is unregistered cohabitation.
Since Oct 1, 2017
Additionally, Beijing provides dependent residency status to foreign same-sex couples since the 1st of July 2013.
In Hong Kong, several court decisions and most notably court case Leung Chun Kwong v Secretary for the Civil Service granted same-sex couples limited rights and benefits in the realm of immigration, tax rights and inheritance.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sichuan is state-enforced.
A Chinese broadcaster, Mango TV, which broadcasts Eurovision blurred a rainbow flag during the semi-final of the show.
In April of 2022, a few lines of dialog were removed from the Chinese release of the film 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.' The dialog referenced the gay romance between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.
In August of 2023, Chinese officials removed an LGBTQ song from the set list of popular Taiwanese pop star A-Mei, ahead of her concert in Beijing. Security guards at the event forced fans to remove rainbow symbols and clothing. On the 22nd of August, Chinese officials shut down a handful of popular social media accounts on the Chinese social networking service WeChat.
Right to change legal gender in Sichuan is legal, but requires surgery.
Since Sep 1, 2018
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sichuan is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Sichuan is varies by region.
LGBT employment discrimination in Sichuan is varies by region.
LGBT housing discrimination in Sichuan is no protections.
Until Jan 1, 1999
Same-sex adoption in Sichuan is single only.
Since Sep 6, 2018
Serving openly in military in Sichuan is ambiguous.
Since Oct 1, 1949
Blood donations by MSMs in Sichuan is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Sichuan is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Sichuan is equal.
Since Oct 1, 1949