- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Macau is legal.
Current status
Since Nov 14, 1995
Legal
There are no law specifically preventing homosexual
Same-sex marriage in Macau is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Jan 2013
Unrecognized
In March 2013, José Pereira Coutinho, a Member of the Legislative Assembly, submitted a bill to the Legislative Assembly to recognize same-sex civil unions, granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples, except the right to adopt. The bill was rejected with the sole vote of Coutinho in favor, 17 votes against and 4 abstentions.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Macau is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Macau, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Macau is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No system is currently in place as highlighted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in 2020 and the case of "Avery", a transgender woman and Rainbow Macau when they highlighted the abuse transgender youth face and the government's lack of progress.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Macau is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Macau is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination in housing provided to LGBTIQ+ people in Macau.
Serving openly in military in Macau is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Conversion therapy in Macau is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal in Macau but not widely practiced.
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