- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- 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 is legal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 1972
Since Mar 1, 1972
Legal
Under Norway rules.
Same-sex marriage in Jan Mayen is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2009
Since Jan 1, 2009
Legal
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.
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.
LGBT employment discrimination in Jan Mayen is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Jan Mayen is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protections.
Same-sex adoption in Jan Mayen is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2009
Since Jan 1, 2009
Legal
Serving openly in military in Jan Mayen is legal.
Current status
Legal
Blood donations by MSMs in Jan Mayen is banned (1-year deferral).
Conversion therapy in Jan Mayen is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not banned nationally.
Equal age of consent in Jan Mayen is equal.
Current status
Equal
Age of consent equal at 16 years of age.
Legal Rights
87 / 100
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