- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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History
Homosexual activity in Suriname is legal.
Current status
Since Oct 14, 1910
Since Oct 14, 1910
Legal
Same-sex marriage in Suriname is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Feb 1, 2023
Since Feb 1, 2023
Unrecognized
The Constitutional Court of Suriname refused to recognize marriage of same-sex couple which was performed in Argentina. The court ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitution or Suriname's obligations under the Interamerican Convention on Human Rights.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Suriname is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Suriname, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Suriname is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Court Decision Pending.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Suriname is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
It's not possible to change legal gender in Suriname.
LGBT discrimination in Suriname is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since 2015
Since 2015
LGBT employment discrimination in Suriname is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Nov 25, 1975
Since Nov 25, 1975
Sexual orientation and gender identity
According to wikiwand.com
Same-sex adoption in Suriname is single only.
Current status
Single only
No other laws in place.
Serving openly in military in Suriname is legal.
Current status
Legal
No known prohibitions or special policies in the military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Suriname is legal.
Current status
Legal
Conversion therapy in Suriname is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Equal age of consent in Suriname is unequal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1869
Since Jan 1, 1869
Unequal
One of the three places in South America that has the unequal age of consent.
Legal Rights
58 / 100
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