- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✔ Full ban
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Melilla is legal.
Current status
Since 1979
Same-sex marriage in Melilla is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 3, 2005
Legal under federal Spain law
In July of 2005, Spain became the third country in the world to legalize gay marriage, following the Netherlands and Belgium. The law, which was passed by the Spanish parliament and signed into law by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, also allows same-sex couples to adopt children.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Melilla is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship under federal Spain law
In Spain, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Melilla is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Melilla is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Hate crime protections in Melilla is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since 2022
Sexual orientation and gender identity under federal Spain law
Article 22 [Aggravating circumstances]
The following are aggravating circumstances:
(…)
(4) Committing the offense for racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma or any other kind of discrimination related to the ideology, religion or beliefs of the victim, the ethnic group, race or nation to which he/she belongs, his/her sex, age, sexual or gender orientation or identity, reasons of gender, aporophobia or social exclusion, the disease he/she suffers or his/her disability, regardless of whether such conditions or circumstances are actually present in the person on whom the conduct is committed (…)
The following are aggravating circumstances:
(…)
(4) Committing the offense for racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma or any other kind of discrimination related to the ideology, religion or beliefs of the victim, the ethnic group, race or nation to which he/she belongs, his/her sex, age, sexual or gender orientation or identity, reasons of gender, aporophobia or social exclusion, the disease he/she suffers or his/her disability, regardless of whether such conditions or circumstances are actually present in the person on whom the conduct is committed (…)
LGBT employment discrimination in Melilla is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Melilla is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Same-sex adoption in Melilla is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 3, 2005
Legal under federal Spain law
Included in equal marriage legislation
Intersex infant surgery in Melilla is full ban.
Current status
Since Feb 16, 2023
Full ban under federal Spain law
With the approval of the Trans Law on February 16, 2023, it was established that intersex minors should not receive unnecessary medical interventions, except in cases where medical advice requires otherwise in order to protect the health of the individual.
Serving openly in military in Melilla is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Melilla is legal.
Current status
Legal under federal Spain law
In Spain, a six-month deferral period for everyone, irrespective of sexual orientation, who engages in sexual intercourse with a new partner, is implemented in selecting blood donors.
Conversion therapy in Melilla is banned.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 2023
Banned under federal Spain law
Spanish law prohibits conversion therapy intended to change sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
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