- 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
Public Opinion
Various reputable surveys conducted in Iceland show support for LGBTQ+ rights.
OPPOSE
SUPPORT
Iceland Surveys
Support for Lesbians' Right to Seek Assisted Pregnancy
(Fréttablaðið, 2005)
Support for Same-Sex Marriage
(Gallup, 2004)
Support for Adoption
(Gallup, 2000)
History
Homosexual activity in Iceland is legal.
Current status
Since Aug 10, 1940
Since Aug 10, 1940
Legal
The Icelandic parliament decriminalizes homosexuality, removes the provision of the law that made homosexuality illegal.
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.
Right to change legal gender in Iceland is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Jun 18, 2019
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.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Iceland is recognized.
Current status
Since Jun 18, 2019
Since Jun 18, 2019
Recognized
The new law also allows people to register a third gender option 'X' as their legal gender.
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.
LGBT employment discrimination in Iceland is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1996
Since Jan 1, 1996
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under Icelandic Criminal Code.
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
Serving openly in military in Iceland is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Iceland does not have a military.
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.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Iceland.
- Suðurnes
- Vestfirðir
- Vesturland
- Reykjavík (City)
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#1 Iceland92
- #2 Denmark87
- #3 Norway86
- #4 Malta85
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