- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Public Opinion
Perceived prevalence of discrimination against sexual orientation (European Union) ?
Ranked #14 out of 28 regions surveyed. (Source: Eurobarometer, May 2019)
(48%) Widespread
Rare (44%)
Perceived prevalence of discrimination against transgender people (European Union) ?
Ranked #18 out of 28 regions surveyed. (Source: Eurobarometer, May 2019)
(50%) Widespread
Rare (36%)
Acceptance of same-sex relationships (European Union) ?
Ranked #9 out of 28 regions surveyed. (Source: Eurobarometer, May 2019)
(14%) Disagree
Agree (80%)
Support for transgender people changing legal gender (European Union) ?
Ranked #11 out of 28 regions surveyed. (Source: Eurobarometer, May 2019)
(22%) No
Yes (65%)
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People ?
Ranked #8 out of 119 regions surveyed. (Source: Gallup, 2013)
(14%) Not a good place
Good place (75%)
History
Same-sex marriage in Ireland is legal.
Current status
Since Nov 16, 2015
Since Nov 16, 2015
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ireland is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Ireland, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Ireland is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Jul 15, 2015
Since Jul 15, 2015
Legal, surgery not required
For adults over 18, individuals can change their legal gender without a surgery. However, for individuals between the age of 16-18, there is a "route to recognition"
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ireland is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As per the Gender Recognition Act of 2015, residents of the Republic of Ireland can only change their legal gender marker to male or female. The Gender Recognition Act is written in binary terms of gender and there is no mention of non-binary identity in the act.
LGBT discrimination in Ireland is illegal.
Current status
Since Dec 3, 2015
Since Dec 3, 2015
Illegal
Ireland has removed their religious exceptions for anti-gay discrimination, making it completely illegal now.
LGBT employment discrimination in Ireland is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Mar 29, 2011
Since Mar 29, 2011
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Includes both sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Ireland is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2000
Since Jan 1, 2000
Same-sex adoption in Ireland is legal.
Current status
Since Apr 4, 2015
Since Apr 4, 2015
Legal
As Same Sex Marriage is now fully legal, same sex couples can adopt children. One month before it became legal, same sex couples can also adopt children.
Serving openly in military in Ireland is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2007
Since Jan 1, 2007
Legal
Section 1.5 of Ireland's Defence Forces's "Equality, Diversity, and Equal Status Policies" state that "the nine (9) grounds on which discrimination is prohibited are: Gender, marital status, family status, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion, race and membership of the Traveller community."
Blood donations by MSMs in Ireland is legal.
Current status
Since Nov 28, 2022
Since Nov 28, 2022
Legal
Men who have sex with men will no longer have to wait four months before giving blood, as changes to who can donate blood come into effect today. Instead, individual assessments will now be made.
Banned (3-month deferral)
On March 28, 2022, the deferral period has been reduced to four months.
Banned (1-year deferral)
Also applies to women who have had sex with a man who has ever had sex with another man.
Banned (indefinite deferral)
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service bans blood from men who have sex with men. Their policy states: "In order to assure the continued safety of the blood supply, we currently ask those people who may have a particularly high risk of carrying blood-borne viruses not to give blood. This includes men who have ever had sex with another man / men."
Conversion therapy in Ireland is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is currently not banned in Ireland.
Ireland has vowed to ban conversion therapy by 2024.
Ireland has vowed to ban conversion therapy by 2024.
Equal age of consent in Ireland is equal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1993
Since Jan 1, 1993
Equal
The age of consent in Ireland is 17 for heterosexual and homosexual sex. Section 2 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 states: "Subject to sections 3 and 5 of this Act, any rule of law by virtue of which buggery between persons is an offence is hereby abolished."
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