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LGBT Rights in Jeju province

The laws displayed for Jeju 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 Jeju

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Homosexual activity in Jeju is legal.

Current status
Legal
Homosexuality in Korea never had been illegal in whole history.
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Same-sex marriage in Jeju

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Same-sex marriage in Jeju is not legal.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1948
Not legal
There has been proposals to legalize gay marriage, but none have passed as of May 2022.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jeju

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Jeju is no censorship.

Current status
Since 2003
No censorship
There is no censorship of LGBTQ+ issues, topics, or events.
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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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Right to change legal gender in Jeju

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Right to change legal gender in Jeju is legal, surgery not required.

Current status
Since Mar 22, 2013
Legal, surgery not required
Transgender persons are permitted to change their gender without having had sexual reassignment surgeries.
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Jun 22, 2006–Mar 22, 2013
Legal, but requires surgery
Transgender South Koreans are permitted to change their gender on all legal documents following gender reassignment surgery.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jeju

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Jeju is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Jeju

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LGBT discrimination in Jeju is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Aug 15, 1948
Illegal in some contexts
There are some LGBT anti-discrimination protections in South Korea.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Jeju

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LGBT employment discrimination in Jeju is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Full discrimination protection including aggravated conditions since 2016.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Jeju

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LGBT housing discrimination in Jeju is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
All people of sexual orientation/gender identity are protected.
Sources:
equaldex.com
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Same-sex adoption in Jeju

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Same-sex adoption in Jeju is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No information about when adoption regulations went into effect.
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Serving openly in military in Jeju

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Serving openly in military in Jeju is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Serving openly is possible, but legal difficulties and prosecution applies.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Jeju

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Blood donations by MSMs in Jeju is banned (1-year deferral).

Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
A deferral is applied after same-sex intercourse.
Sources:
equaldex.com
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Conversion therapy in Jeju

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Conversion therapy in Jeju is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized anywhere in South Korea.
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Equal age of consent in Jeju

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Equal age of consent in Jeju is equal.

Current status
Equal
Age of consent is equal in South Korea.
Sources:
equaldex.com
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