- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- N/A
- Employment Discrimination
- N/A
- Housing Discrimination
- N/A
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- N/A
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Homosexual activity in Bouvet Island is legal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 1972
Since Mar 1, 1972
Legal
Nobody lives here, but still legal according to Norwegian Laws.
Same-sex marriage in Bouvet Island is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2009
Since Jan 1, 2009
Legal
No one lives there. Norwegian law however legalizes gay marriage
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bouvet Island is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bouvet Island, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics since it's uninhabited. No censorship laws in Norway
Right to change legal gender in Bouvet Island is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nobody lives in Bouvet Island. Can legally change gender without surgery with Norwegian Law
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bouvet Island is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Uninhabited, under Norway rules Nonbinary legally not recognized
LGBT discrimination in Bouvet Island is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Bouvet Island is uninhabited.
LGBT employment discrimination in Bouvet Island is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Bouvet Island is uninhabited.
LGBT housing discrimination in Bouvet Island is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Bouvet Island is uninhabited.
Same-sex adoption in Bouvet Island is legal.
Current status
Legal
As part of Norway.
Serving openly in military in Bouvet Island is legal.
Current status
Legal
Norway responsible for defence.
Blood donations by MSMs in Bouvet Island is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Uninhabitable,nobody can donate blood in Bouvet Island
Conversion therapy in Bouvet Island is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in Norway.
Equal age of consent in Bouvet Island is equal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 1972
Since Mar 1, 1972
Equal
Nobody lives in Bouvet Island,however Norwegian law has equal consent (16) for both straight and homosexual couples.
Legal Rights
86 / 100
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Alternative names: Bouvetøya (local name)
