South Gyeongsang is governed by federal South Korea law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    Varies by Region
    Housing Discrimination
    Varies by Region
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in South Gyeongsang

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Homosexual activity in South Gyeongsang is legal.

Current status
Legal
Same-sex intercourse is not illegal for civilians in South Korea, but it is between men in the military.

Article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act penalizes "anal intercourse" and other so-called
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Sources:
nbcnews.com/now/video/meet-…
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-new…
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Same-sex marriage in South Gyeongsang

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Same-sex marriage in South Gyeongsang is banned.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1948
Banned
There have been proposals to legalize same-sex marriage in Korea, but none have passed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
southkorea.angloinfo.com/fa…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in South Gyeongsang

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in South Gyeongsang is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
Haphazard self-censorship of LGBTQ+ content, expression, and assembly is common in South Korea.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
freedomhouse.org/country/so…
scmp.com/video/asia/3203968…
koreaherald.com/view.php?ud…
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State-enforced
The Government of South Korea practiced censorship of gay content websites from 2001 to 2003, through its Information and Communications Ethics Committee, an official organ of the Ministry of Information and Communication.
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Sources:
i-policy.org/2010/01/intern…
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Right to change legal gender in South Gyeongsang

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Right to change legal gender in South Gyeongsang is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
In a victory for LGBTQ rights, South Korea's supreme court ruled that transgender people have the right to change their legal sex status, regardless of whether they have underage children.
These guidelines include abusive or discriminatory requirements, such being at least 19 years old themselves, as well as being unmarried, diagnosed with
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Sources:
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/… npr.org/2022/11/25/11391902…
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Gender-Affirming Care in South Gyeongsang

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Gender-Affirming Care in South Gyeongsang is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in South Gyeongsang

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in South Gyeongsang is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/south-kor…
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LGBT discrimination in South Gyeongsang

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LGBT discrimination in South Gyeongsang is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1948
Illegal in some contexts
There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in local jurisdictions, but national law doesn't protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
annual.sogilaw.org/review/d…
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LGBT employment discrimination in South Gyeongsang

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LGBT employment discrimination in South Gyeongsang is varies by region.

Current status
Varies by Region
Illegal in some jurisdictions, proposed nationwide
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Sources:
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-new…
database.ilga.org/south-kor…
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LGBT housing discrimination in South Gyeongsang

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LGBT housing discrimination in South Gyeongsang is varies by region.

Current status
Varies by Region
Illegal in some jurisdictions, proposed nationwide
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Sources:
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-new…
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Same-sex adoption in South Gyeongsang

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Same-sex adoption in South Gyeongsang is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No information about when adoption regulations went into effect.
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Sources:
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-new…
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Intersex infant surgery in South Gyeongsang

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Intersex infant surgery in South Gyeongsang is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in South Gyeongsang

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Serving openly in military in South Gyeongsang is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Same-sex intercourse is not illegal for civilians in South Korea, but it is between men in the military. Article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act penalizes
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Sources:
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-new…
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Blood donations by MSMs in South Gyeongsang

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Blood donations by MSMs in South Gyeongsang is legal.

Current status
Legal
South Korea forbids people who have had sex "with certain high-risk individuals" within the past one year to donate blood. These rules apply equally to all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The official guidelines urge people to not donate for the purposes of finding out if they have AIDS.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrc.org/resources/blood-donations
bloodinfo.net/knrcbs/cm/cnt…
healthhabit.tistory.com/158#:~:text=%ED%97%8C%ED%98%88%20%EC%9E%90%EA%B2%A9%20%EC%A1%B0%EA%B1%B4%20%28%EB%82%98%EC%9D%B4%2C%20%EC%B2%B4%EC%A4%91%2C%20%ED%98%88%EC%95%95%2C%20%EA%B0%84%EA%B2%A9%2C%20%ED%9A%9F%EC%88%98,%EC%95%BD%EA%B0%84%EC%9D%98%20%EC%B0%A8%EC%9D%B4%EA%B0%80%20%EC%9E%88%EA%B8%B4%20%ED%95%98%EC%A7%80%EB%A7%8C%20%ED%98%88%EC%95%95%EC%9D%B4%2010~20mmHg%20%EC%A0%95%EB%8F%84%20%EB%82%AE%EC%95%84%EC%A7%91%EB%8B%88%EB%8B%A4.
korea.kr/news/healthView.do…
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Conversion therapy in South Gyeongsang

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Conversion therapy in South Gyeongsang is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not criminalized. It is still encouraged as a plausible fix for homosexuality, with South Korean official Kim Seong-hoi calling homosexuality a "mental illness" and endorsing conversion therapy.
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Sources:
barrons.com/news/south-kore…
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Equal age of consent in South Gyeongsang

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Equal age of consent in South Gyeongsang is equal.

Current status
Equal
Age of consent is equal for both homosexual and heterosexual relationships, set at 13 & 16 years old.

At 13, individuals can have sexual relations with anyone older than 13 and younger than 19. At 16, individuals can have sexual relations with anyone older than 16.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
stonewall.org.uk/system/fil…
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