- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Homosexual activity in Faroe Islands is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1933
Since Jan 1, 1933
Legal
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Faroe Islands is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Faroe Islands, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Faroe Islands is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Faroe Islands is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Faroe Islands is illegal.
Current status
Since Dec 15, 2006
Since Dec 15, 2006
Illegal
LGBT employment discrimination in Faroe Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Dec 15, 2006
Since Dec 15, 2006
Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination in Faroe Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Dec 15, 2006
Since Dec 15, 2006
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Serving openly in military in Faroe Islands is legal.
Current status
Legal
Denmark responsible for defence.
Blood donations by MSMs in Faroe Islands is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapy in Faroe Islands is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Conversion therapy ban pending.
Equal age of consent in Faroe Islands is equal.
Current status
Equal
Age of consent equal at 15 years of age.
Legal Rights
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Alternative names: Føroyar (local name)