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LGBT Rights in Região Autónoma dos Açores autonomous region

The laws displayed for Região Autónoma dos Açores are the same as Portugal.
    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
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Homosexual activity in Região Autónoma dos Açores is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 23, 1982
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
igf.min-financas.pt/leggera…
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Same-sex marriage in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Same-sex marriage in Região Autónoma dos Açores is legal.

Current status
Since May 31, 2010
Legal
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Sources:
dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2010/05/105…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Região Autónoma dos Açores is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Portugal, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Right to change legal gender in Região Autónoma dos Açores is legal, surgery not required.

Current status
Since Aug 8, 2018
Legal, surgery not required
The law allows adults to change their legal gender based on self-detirmination without any requirements. Minors aged 16 and 17 must have parental consent and a professional psychological opinion.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/6216…
nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Mar 15, 2011–Jul 1, 2018
Legal, but requires surgery
Individuals in Portugal can legally change their gender and name on their birth certificate.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
dezanove.pt/152896.html
dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Região Autónoma dos Açores is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Even though gender self-identification is possible in Portugal, non-binary identities are not yet legally recognized here.
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Sources:
pgdlisboa.pt/leis/lei_mostr…
rtp.pt/noticias/pais/tercei…
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LGBT discrimination in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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LGBT discrimination in Região Autónoma dos Açores is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 24, 2004
Illegal
Article 13 explicitly prohibits discriminations on the basis of sexual orientations
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Sources:
app.parlamento.pt/site_anti…

confcoconsteu.org/reports/r…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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LGBT employment discrimination in Região Autónoma dos Açores is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 16, 2015
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Gender identity is now an explicit protected ground in the labour code.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga-portugal.pt/noticias/645.php
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2003–Jan 16, 2015
Sexual orientation only
Sexual orientation was protected.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
stonewall.org.uk/documents/…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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LGBT housing discrimination in Região Autónoma dos Açores is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Same-sex adoption in Região Autónoma dos Açores is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 1, 2016
Legal
Now same sex adoption is possible for not only individuals but same sex couples.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
dn.pt/portugal/interior/vot…
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Until Feb 29, 2016
Illegal
Same sex couples in Portugal were previously not allowed to adopt or foster children. Between 2013 and 2016 various bills were put forward and rejected by parliament.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
dezanove.pt/psd-e-cds-chumb…
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Serving openly in military in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Serving openly in military in Região Autónoma dos Açores is legal.

Current status
Since 1999
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
stonewall.org.uk/documents/…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Blood donations by MSMs in Região Autónoma dos Açores is legal.

Current status
Since Apr 7, 2010
Legal
In Portugal, blood donations have rules regarding sexual behaviour but they are the same for homosexual and heterosexual people. While discrimination is illegal according to the Portuguese Constitution, discrimination is widely reported amongst the LGBTQ+ community and new legislation was discussed in 2021 to address this.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.…
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Conversion therapy in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Conversion therapy in Região Autónoma dos Açores is not banned.

Current status
Since Jan 11, 2019
Not banned
There is no legislation prohibiting conversion therapy in Portugal.

In 2023, Portugal's parliament passed a bill that includes a ban on conversion therapy, amongst other measures, but this needs to be passed by the President of the Republic before it becomes law.

In 2019, after an open letter by 250 psychologists to the the regulatory Ordem dos Psicólogos, the body affirmed that conversion therapy is malpractice and has no basis in science and is not justifiable.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ordemdospsicologos.pt/pt/no…
brusselstimes.com/468502/po…
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Equal age of consent in Região Autónoma dos Açores

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Equal age of consent in Região Autónoma dos Açores is equal.

Current status
Since 2007
Equal
The age of consent in Portugal is 14 years of age for both homosexual and heterosexual sex.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/w…
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