- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✔ Legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Adoption✔ Legal
- Discrimination✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
History
Current status
(since 1986)
(since 1986)
Legal
Current status
(since Aug 19, 2013)
(since Aug 19, 2013)
Legal
Only for married couples and individuals. Banned still for any couples who are unmarried or in a civil union.
Current status
(since Feb 1, 1994)
(since Feb 1, 1994)
Illegal
Current status
(since Feb 1, 1994)
(since Feb 1, 1994)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Current status
(since Feb 1, 1994)
(since Feb 1, 1994)
Legal
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2014)
(since Jan 1, 2014)
Banned (1-year deferral)
After a review, the 5 years deferral was reduced to 12 months deferral.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2013)
(since Jan 1, 2013)
Not banned
Conversion therapy ban pending.
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