- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Married couples only
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (5-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
History
Homosexual activity in Chiayi Municipality is legal.
Since Dec 25, 1947
Same-sex marriage in Chiayi Municipality is legal.
Since May 24, 2019
The Executive Yuan passed it the following day, sending it to the Legislative Yuan for fast-tracked review. The bill was passed on 17 May, signed by the President on 22 May and took effect on 24 May 2019 (the last day possible under the Court's ruling).
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Chiayi Municipality is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Chiayi Municipality is legal, but requires surgery.
Since Dec 9, 2013
On September 23 2021, the court ruled against surgery requirements for transgender individuals seeking a gender marker change. New laws have yet to be passed on this regard.
Under the archaic legislation, transgender people were required to surgically remove their reproductive organs in order to legally change their gender.
The Taipei High Administrative Court ruled the requirement was unconstitutional on Thursday (23 September).
They also cited that the plaintiff had provided the necessary requirements to undergo the process of legally changing her name without being subjected to surgery.
Unfortunately, this ruling will only effect Xiao E. Other trans individuals looking to legally change their gender – without “proof of surgery” – will have to wait for the regulations to be revised or pursue legal action.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Chiayi Municipality is not legally recognized.
LGBT housing discrimination in Chiayi Municipality is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Chiayi Municipality is married couples only.
Since May 16, 2023
Serving openly in military in Chiayi Municipality is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Since Jan 2002
Blood donations by MSMs in Chiayi Municipality is banned (5-year deferral).
Since May 2018
Conversion therapy in Chiayi Municipality is banned.
Since Jan 1, 2018
Equal age of consent in Chiayi Municipality is equal.
Since Dec 25, 1947