- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✔ Full ban
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Soria is legal.
Current status
Since 1979
Same-sex marriage in Soria is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 3, 2005
Legal under federal Spain law
In July of 2005, Spain became the third country in the world to legalize gay marriage, following the Netherlands and Belgium. The law, which was passed by the Spanish parliament and signed into law by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, also allows same-sex couples to adopt children.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Soria is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship under federal Spain law
In Spain, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Soria is legal, no restrictions.
Current status
Since Dec 22, 2022
Legal, no restrictions under federal Spain law
On December 22, 2022, the Spanish Congress approves a "Trans Law"
If the law is approved, this point marks that reports or evidence will no longer be needed for a person to make an official registration change of their gender identity. According to the General Directorate of Sexual Diversity and Rights, this can be done "through a system of double appearance, without medical or judicial protection."
If the law is approved, this point marks that reports or evidence will no longer be needed for a person to make an official registration change of their gender identity. According to the General Directorate of Sexual Diversity and Rights, this can be done "through a system of double appearance, without medical or judicial protection."
Legal, but requires surgery under federal Spain law
The Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo) issued a landmark ruling (STS of July 2, 1987) that overturned previous lower court denials and established jurisprudence allowing for the rectification of the sex entry in the Civil Registry. However, this judicial path was strictly conditioned on the applicant having undergone "irreversible physical changes," which courts interpreted as a mandatory requirement for gender reassignment surgery to align the body with the requested gender marker.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Soria is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Hate crime protections in Soria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since 2022
Sexual orientation and gender identity under federal Spain law
Article 22 [Aggravating circumstances]
The following are aggravating circumstances:
(…)
(4) Committing the offense for racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma or any other kind of discrimination related to the ideology, religion or beliefs of the victim, the ethnic group, race or nation to which he/she belongs, his/her sex, age, sexual or gender orientation or identity, reasons of gender, aporophobia or social exclusion, the disease he/she suffers or his/her disability, regardless of whether such conditions or circumstances are actually present in the person on whom the conduct is committed (…)
The following are aggravating circumstances:
(…)
(4) Committing the offense for racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma or any other kind of discrimination related to the ideology, religion or beliefs of the victim, the ethnic group, race or nation to which he/she belongs, his/her sex, age, sexual or gender orientation or identity, reasons of gender, aporophobia or social exclusion, the disease he/she suffers or his/her disability, regardless of whether such conditions or circumstances are actually present in the person on whom the conduct is committed (…)
LGBT discrimination in Soria is illegal.
Current status
Since Jun 30, 2022
Illegal under federal Spain law
The new Zerolo law, passed on June 30th, prohibits discrimination federally on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBT employment discrimination in Soria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jun 30, 2022
Sexual orientation and gender identity under federal Spain law
Spanish law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, and "any other personal or social condition or circumstance.” in employment and provision of goods and services. A comprehensive anti-discrimination bill, called the Zerolo Law, was passed by the Cortes Generales on 30 June 2022.
Same-sex adoption in Soria is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 3, 2005
Legal under federal Spain law
Included in equal marriage legislation
Intersex infant surgery in Soria is full ban.
Current status
Since Feb 16, 2023
Full ban under federal Spain law
With the approval of the Trans Law on February 16, 2023, it was established that intersex minors should not receive unnecessary medical interventions, except in cases where medical advice requires otherwise in order to protect the health of the individual.
Blood donations by MSMs in Soria is legal.
Current status
Legal under federal Spain law
In Spain, a six-month deferral period for everyone, irrespective of sexual orientation, who engages in sexual intercourse with a new partner, is implemented in selecting blood donors.
Conversion therapy in Soria is banned.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 2023
Banned under federal Spain law
Spanish law prohibits conversion therapy intended to change sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
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