- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Free State is legal.
Since Oct 9, 1998
Same-sex marriage in Free State is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Free State is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Free State is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Since Mar 15, 2004
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Free State is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Free State is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Free State is sexual orientation only.
Since 1996
Moreover, Section 6(1) of the Employment Equity Act (1998) prohibits direct and indirect discrimination of an employee on the basis of "sexual orientation".
Additionally, Section 1(xxii)(a) of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (Act No. 4) (2000) includes "sexual orientation" as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. Section 6 of the Act establishes a “general prohibition of unfair discrimination”, according to which “neither the State nor any person may unfairly discriminate against any person”. Moreover, Section 29 includes employment among the areas covered by this Act.
In March 2022 a new Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination on Harassment in the workplace (2022) was published in the State Gazette which expands upon and clarifies the definitions of harassment and explicitly bans harassment on the basis of "sexual orientation" and bullying in the form of "LGBTQIA+ phobic language". Gender identity is not explicity mentioned.
LGBT housing discrimination in Free State is sexual orientation only.
Since 1999
Additionally, Section 1(xxii)(a) of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (Act No. 4) (2000) includes "sexual orientation" as one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. Section 6 of the Act No. 4 establishes a “general prohibition of unfair discrimination”, according to which “neither the State nor any person may unfairly discriminate against any person”. Moreover, Section 29 includes housing among the areas covered by this Act. Gender identity is not explicity mentioned.
Serving openly in military in Free State is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Since May 8, 1996
Blood donations by MSMs in Free State is legal.
Since May 20, 2014
Conversion therapy in Free State is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Free State is equal.
Since Dec 16, 2007