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LGBT Rights in Jan Mayen Region

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

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History

Homosexual activity in Jan Mayen

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Homosexual activity in Jan Mayen is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 1972
Legal
Under Norway rules.
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Same-sex marriage in Jan Mayen

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Same-sex marriage in Jan Mayen is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2009
Legal
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jan Mayen

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jan Mayen is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Jan Mayen, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Jan Mayen

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Right to change legal gender in Jan Mayen is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2016
Legal, no restrictions
Under Norway rules.
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Until Jul 1, 2016
Legal, but requires surgery
Surgery required.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jan Mayen

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jan Mayen is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized by Norway at the moment.
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LGBT discrimination in Jan Mayen

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LGBT discrimination in Jan Mayen is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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LGBT employment discrimination in Jan Mayen

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LGBT employment discrimination in Jan Mayen is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protections.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Jan Mayen

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LGBT housing discrimination in Jan Mayen is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protections.
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Same-sex adoption in Jan Mayen

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Same-sex adoption in Jan Mayen is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2009
Legal
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Serving openly in military in Jan Mayen

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Serving openly in military in Jan Mayen is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Jan Mayen

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Blood donations by MSMs in Jan Mayen is banned (1-year deferral).

Current status
Since Apr 2017
Banned (1-year deferral)
In 2016 the Norwegian Directorate of Health decided that from April 2017 MSMs and men who had sold themselves sexually would be accepted as blood donors, provided that there had been at least 12 months since their last sexual contact.
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Conversion therapy in Jan Mayen

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Conversion therapy in Jan Mayen is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not banned nationally.
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Equal age of consent in Jan Mayen

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Equal age of consent in Jan Mayen is equal.

Current status
Equal
Age of consent equal at 16 years of age.
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