- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭Unknown
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Gangwon is legal.
Current status
Legal under federal South Korea law
Same-sex intercourse is not illegal for civilians in South Korea, but it is between men in the military.
Article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act penalizes "anal intercourse" and other so-called “indecent acts” in any military setting with up to two years in prison — and all able-bodied men must serve about two years in the military. No law criminalizes heterosexual intercourse in the South Korean military.
Article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act penalizes "anal intercourse" and other so-called “indecent acts” in any military setting with up to two years in prison — and all able-bodied men must serve about two years in the military. No law criminalizes heterosexual intercourse in the South Korean military.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Gangwon is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gangwon is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized under federal South Korea law
South Korea does not legally recognize a third gender.
Hate crime protections in Gangwon is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT employment discrimination in Gangwon is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Gangwon is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Gangwon is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal South Korea law
South Korea does not prohibit "normalization" surgery on intersex infants.
Serving openly in military in Gangwon is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Gangwon is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Gangwon is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal South Korea law
South Korea does not ban conversion therapies that aim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
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