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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✔ Full ban
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Norðurland vestra 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 Norðurland vestra is legal, no restrictions.
Current status
Since Jun 18, 2019
Legal, no restrictions
A new law has been passed that allows Icelandic people to change their registered gender without medical interventions.
Legal, but requires surgery
In 2012, Iceland passed the Act on the Legal Status of Individuals with Gender Identity Disorder, which provided for legal gender recognition on the condition of sex reassignment surgery. It entered into force on June 27th.
Gender-affirming care in Norðurland vestra is legal.
Current status
Legal
The Act on Gender Autonomy No. 80/2019 grants every person the right to gender affirming care. Children aged under 16 require parental consent. This act removed some of the years-long waiting periods and replaced them with an informed consent model. Reportedly, the waiting period stretches up to 3 years for sex reassignment surgery.
Before the Act on Gender Autonomy No. 80/2019, gender-affirming care was still legal, but more difficult to access.
Before the Act on Gender Autonomy No. 80/2019, gender-affirming care was still legal, but more difficult to access.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Norðurland vestra 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.
LGBT discrimination in Norðurland vestra is illegal.
Current status
Illegal under federal Iceland law
Laws in force in Iceland offer explicit protection against LGBT discrimination in the provision of goods and services, employment and education and can be applied for housing too.
LGBT employment discrimination in Norðurland vestra is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Norðurland vestra is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jul 27, 2010
Sexual orientation and gender identity
In Iceland, homosexual and heterosexual relationships are treated the same under housing laws. Individuals are not allowed to deny a person housing with homophobic or transphobic motivations. This came along with Act 65, The Amending Act which legalized gay marriage.
Intersex infant surgery in Norðurland vestra is full ban.
Current status
Since Jun 18, 2019
Full ban
The Act on Gender Autonomy No. 80/2019 strictly prohibits surgery on intersex infants, and requires public bodies to allow a neutral gender to be registered. The act further states that any such surgery can only be performed with the individual's consent.
Until Jun 17, 2019
Not banned
Before the Act on Gender Autonomy, no ban was in place to protect intersex infants from genital "normalisation" surgery.
Serving openly in military in Norðurland vestra is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Iceland does not have a military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Norðurland vestra is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 1, 2025
Legal
In October 2024, Iceland announced that it would be revising its blood donation laws to allow queer men to donate blood under the same restrictions as straight men. Iceland has wanted to make this change since 2018, but due to a lack of funding for NAT blood screenings, it took until now.
The new law came into effect on July 1, 2025.
The new law came into effect on July 1, 2025.
Until Jun 30, 2025
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Iceland bans men who have sex with men from donating blood.
Conversion therapy in Norðurland vestra is banned.
Current status
Since Jun 18, 2023
Banned
The Icelandic parliament has unanimously (53-0 with 3 abstentions) passed a law banning so-called conversion therapy practices on the basis of sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity.
Equal age of consent in Norðurland vestra 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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