- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭Unknown
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Bathroom Access
- ✖ Partially restricted
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Jeju is legal.
Current status
Legal under federal South Korea law
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 “indecent acts” in any military setting with up to two years in prison — and all able-bodied men must serve about two years in the military. No law criminalizes heterosexual intercourse in the South Korean military.
Article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act penalizes "anal intercourse" and other so-called “indecent acts” in any military setting with up to two years in prison — and all able-bodied men must serve about two years in the military. No law criminalizes heterosexual intercourse in the South Korean military.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Jeju is no censorship.
Current status
Since Apr 3, 2003
No censorship under federal South Korea law
There are no formal restrictions on freedom of expression and association in South Korea. However, in July 2023, the mayor and other municipal officials in Daegu attempted to physically obstruct the annual Daegu Queer Culture Festival, citing traffic violations. They failed and the festival continued.
No censorship under federal South Korea law
In 1982, a series of liberalisation measures revoked the clause of the Minor Offences Act that criminalised men from having long hair, which had the impact of criminalising the gender expression of transgender women. Since then, there have been no known restrictions or censorship of LGBTIQ+ expression, advocacy or topics until 2001,
State-enforced under federal South Korea law
In 1973, the South Korean government passed the Minor Offences Act which criminalised men from growing their hair long. Although there is no known information, it is likely that this law was also used to target transgender women especially since the law explicitly stated that men couldn’t grow their hair at a length that makes it difficult to tell if they’re a man or woman. This policy was abolished in 1982.
Right to change legal gender in Jeju is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since Mar 16, 2020
Legal, but requires surgery under federal South Korea law
Since 2020, all criteria that was previously mandatory has become optional, and the court will request them on a case-by-case basis. First approved legal case of FTM gender recognition without sterilization occured in 2021, and for MTF in 2023. Despite this, most judges still view the surgery as a prerequisite, and thus those seeking LGR often move to district with lax requirements. In 2024 Cheongju District Court has suggested a new criteria "based on subjective experiences of gender and gender identity, fitness to the identifying gender role, medical criteria and external presentation (not necessarily sterilization), and impression by a 3rd party."
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jeju is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized under federal South Korea law
South Korea does not legally recognize a third gender.
LGBT employment discrimination in Jeju is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Jeju is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Jeju is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal South Korea law
South Korea does not prohibit "normalization" surgery on intersex infants.
Serving openly in military in Jeju is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Bathroom access in Jeju is partially restricted.
Current status
Partially restricted under federal South Korea law
There are no restrictions or protections on bathroom access for transgender people in South Korea. However, trans people have faced frequent harassment when using the bathroom with police even advising them to avoid using public restrooms. However, this was ruled as a rights violation in 2024.
Despite this, there are still cases of authorities arresting people for doing so if their gender markers aren’t changed.
Despite this, there are still cases of authorities arresting people for doing so if their gender markers aren’t changed.
Conversion therapy in Jeju is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal South Korea law
South Korea does not ban conversion therapies that aim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Alternative names: Jeju, Quelpart