- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Legal, but banned for minors
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
Public Opinion
Surveys in Georgia have shown mixed views towards LGBTQ+ rights and issues.
History
Same-sex marriage in Georgia is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Georgia is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Georgia is legal, but requires surgery.
Gender-affirming care in Georgia is legal, but banned for minors.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Georgia is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Georgia is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Georgia is no protections.
However, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted
housing in every state (March 2012)."
Same-sex adoption in Georgia is legal.
However, no appellate court case law or statutes dictate legality of same-sex second-parent adoption, which means ruling has varied by county and judge.
Intersex infant surgery in Georgia is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Georgia is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
On February 10th, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth filed in court a memo relating to President Trump’s executive order from the previous month.
From then until March 18th, 2025, The U.S. military prohibited transgender individuals from enlisting and ceased providing or supporting gender transition procedures for service members.
Blood donations by MSMs in Georgia is legal.
Conversion therapy in Georgia is not banned.