The laws displayed for Gangwon are the same as South Korea.
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Homosexual activity in Gangwon is legal.
Current status
Legal
Homosexuality in Korea never had been illegal in whole history.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Gangwon is no censorship.
Current status
Since 2003
Since 2003
No censorship
There is no censorship of LGBTQ+ issues, topics, or events.
Right to change legal gender in Gangwon is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Mar 22, 2013
Since Mar 22, 2013
Legal, surgery not required
Transgender persons are permitted to change their gender without having had sexual reassignment surgeries.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gangwon is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Gangwon is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Aug 15, 1948
Since Aug 15, 1948
Illegal in some contexts
There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in South Korea.
LGBT housing discrimination in Gangwon is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
All people of sexual orientation/gender identity are protected.
Same-sex adoption in Gangwon is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
No information about when adoption regulations went into effect.
Serving openly in military in Gangwon is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Serving openly is possible, but legal difficulties and prosecution applies.
Blood donations by MSMs in Gangwon is banned (1-year deferral).
Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
A deferral is applied after same-sex intercourse.
Conversion therapy in Gangwon is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized anywhere in South Korea.
Equal age of consent in Gangwon is equal.
Current status
Equal
Age of consent is equal in South Korea.
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