- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Until 2014
History
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Falkland Islands is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Falkland Islands, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Falkland Islands is illegal.
Current status
Since 2014
Since 2014
Illegal
Currently not possible by the law of the Falkland Islands, although UK changes of gender are recognised. The Criminal Procedure and Evidence Ordinance 2014 states "the gender of an individual is his or her gender as registered at birth, unless the person possesses a gender recognition certificate issued under section 9 of the UK Gender Recognition Act 2004, in which case the person's gender is the acquired gender."
Until 2014
Illegal
No laws in place to allow change of gender.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Falkland Islands is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No laws currently recognise non-binary gender.
LGBT discrimination in Falkland Islands is illegal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Since Jan 1, 2008
Illegal
LGBT employment discrimination in Falkland Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Since Jan 1, 2008
Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination in Falkland Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Since Jan 1, 2008
Sexual orientation and gender identity
completely protected.
Same-sex adoption in Falkland Islands is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Since Jan 1, 2017
Legal
Serving openly in military in Falkland Islands is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 12, 2000
Since Jan 12, 2000
Legal
Blood donations by MSMs in Falkland Islands is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2011
Since Jan 1, 2011
Ambiguous
3 month deferral.
Conversion therapy in Falkland Islands is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
No laws currently ban conversion therapy.
Equal age of consent in Falkland Islands is equal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2005
Since Jan 1, 2005
Equal
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