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LGBT Rights in Puerto Rico Outlying Area

    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Public Opinion

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Recent surveys in Puerto Rico indicate a moderate level of acceptance for LGBTQ+ rights in specific areas.

History

Homosexual activity in Puerto Rico

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Homosexual activity in Puerto Rico is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2003
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex marriage in Puerto Rico

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Same-sex marriage in Puerto Rico is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 26, 2015
Legal
Puerto Rico legalizes gay marriage after US Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. Shortly after the ruling, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, the governor of Puerto Rico, signed an executive order requiring government agencies to be compliant with the ruling.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
news.yahoo.com/puerto-rico-…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Puerto Rico

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Puerto Rico is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
No LGBT censorship in Puerto Rico.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
familyequality.org/resource…
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Right to change legal gender in Puerto Rico

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

Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Since 2018. Missing non binary option on documents.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nationalgeographic.com/maga…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Puerto Rico

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Puerto Rico is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not currently legally recognized.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
familyequality.org/resource…
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LGBT discrimination in Puerto Rico

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LGBT discrimination in Puerto Rico is illegal.

Current status
Since May 29, 2013
Illegal
as being a territory of USA.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Puerto Rico

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LGBT employment discrimination in Puerto Rico is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
As being a territory of USA. US laws apply.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Puerto Rico

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LGBT housing discrimination in Puerto Rico is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since May 29, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Law does not protect against property rentals.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
usnews.com/news/world/artic…
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Same-sex adoption in Puerto Rico

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Same-sex adoption in Puerto Rico is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2018
Legal
Same sex marriage couples and singles can adopt in Puerto Rico since 2018 with the new modification to the 2009 adoption law.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
elvocero.com/gobierno/gober…
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Until Jan 1, 2018
Single only
Any individual may adopt, but only different-sex couples may joint-adopt.

Second-parent adoption is not permitted via case law.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
www.lambdalegal.org/states-region/puerto-rico
Ex Parte A.A.R., 2008 WL 4673279 (T.C.A. Aug 29, 2008)
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Jan 1, 2015–Feb 26, 2017
Legal
as being a Territory of USA under federal law. as well as state laws.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
adoption.laws.com/puerto-ri…
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Serving openly in military in Puerto Rico

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Serving openly in military in Puerto Rico is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2018
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Blood donations by MSMs in Puerto Rico

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Blood donations by MSMs in Puerto Rico is legal.

Current status
Since May 11, 2023
Legal
The new FDA policy on blood donation eliminates deferrals and screening questions specific to men who have sex with men (MSM). Prospective donors will be asked the same set of questions regardless of their sex or sexual orientation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/regulatory-informat…
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Apr 2, 2020–May 11, 2023
Banned (3-month deferral)
Blood donation centers follow the new FDA 3-month deferral guidance.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/regulatory-informat…
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Dec 21, 2015–Apr 2, 2020
Banned (1-year deferral)
Blood donation centers followed the non-binding FDA one year deferral guidance.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biol…
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1983–Dec 21, 2015
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Ban on blood donations from MSMs applies to any man who has had sex, even once, with another man on or after January 1, 1977.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVacci…
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Conversion therapy in Puerto Rico

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Conversion therapy in Puerto Rico is banned.

Current status
Since Mar 27, 2019
Banned
It was banned since 2019 by executive order due to the mental issues people suffered from these conversion therapies .
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
efe.com/efe/usa/puerto-rico…
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Equal age of consent in Puerto Rico

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Equal age of consent in Puerto Rico is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2004
Equal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Equality Index ?
80 / 100
Legal Rights
93 / 100
Public Opinion
67 / 100

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