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LGBT Rights in Iceland

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✔ Recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    Ambiguous
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    N/A
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (3-month deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Various reputable surveys conducted in Iceland show support for LGBTQ+ rights.

Iceland Surveys

Support for Lesbians' Right to Seek Assisted Pregnancy

82.3%
Support

Support for Same-Sex Marriage

(Gallup, 2004)
87%
Support

Support for Adoption

(Gallup, 2000)
53%
Support
12%
Neutral
35%
Against

History

Homosexual activity in Iceland

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Homosexual activity in Iceland is legal.

Current status
Since Aug 10, 1940
Legal
The Icelandic parliament decriminalizes homosexuality, removes the provision of the law that made homosexuality illegal.
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Same-sex marriage in Iceland

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Same-sex marriage in Iceland is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 27, 2010
Legal
Legal since 2010
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Iceland

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Iceland is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Iceland, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Iceland

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Right to change legal gender in Iceland is legal, surgery not required.

Current status
Since Jun 18, 2019
Legal, surgery not required
A new law has been passed that allows Icelandic people to change their registered gender without medical interventions.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Iceland

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Iceland is recognized.

Current status
Since Jun 18, 2019
Recognized
The new law also allows people to register a third gender option 'X' as their legal gender.
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LGBT discrimination in Iceland

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LGBT discrimination in Iceland is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Laws in force in Iceland offer protection against LGBT discrimination in the provision of goods and services, employment and education.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Iceland

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LGBT employment discrimination in Iceland is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1996
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under Icelandic Criminal Code.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Iceland

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LGBT housing discrimination in Iceland is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
There was a study done in Iceland on LGBTQ housing, Same-sex couples can own a house and live in it. however it is unknown if they offer protections
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Same-sex adoption in Iceland

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Same-sex adoption in Iceland is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 27, 2006
Legal
Legal since 2006
Sources:
Cleaning up after a troll
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Serving openly in military in Iceland

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Serving openly in military in Iceland is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Iceland does not have a military.
Sources:
government.is/topics/foreig…~:text=Iceland%20is%20a%20country%20without,Nations%2C%20NATO%20and%20the%20OSCE.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Iceland

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Blood donations by MSMs in Iceland is banned (3-month deferral).

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2022
Banned (3-month deferral)
In September 2021 it was announced that gay and bi men would legally be able to donate blood after a deferral period of 4 months, effective from January 2022.
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Until Dec 31, 2021
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Iceland bans men who have sex with men from donating blood.
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Conversion therapy in Iceland

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Conversion therapy in Iceland is banned.

Current status
Since Jun 9, 2023
Banned
The Icelandic parliament has passed a law banning so-called conversion therapy practices on the basis of sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity.
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Until Jun 9, 2023
Not banned
Conversion therapy ban pending.
Sources:
No sources
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Equal age of consent in Iceland

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Equal age of consent in Iceland is equal.

Current status
Equal
The age of consent in Iceland is 15 for both male-male, female-female, and male-female couples.
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LGBT Rights by Region

View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Iceland.