- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✔ Legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Adoption✔ Legal
- Discrimination✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
History
Current status
(since Dec 4, 1933)
(since Dec 4, 1933)
Legal
Homosexual activity is legal according to the Uruguay Penal Code.
Current status
(since Apr 10, 2013)
(since Apr 10, 2013)
Legal
Same-sex marriage became legal in Uruguay after the passing of the Equal Marriage Act. Uruguay became the twelfth country in the world to legalize gay marriage and the second Latin American country, after Argentina.
Current status
(since Oct 13, 2009)
(since Oct 13, 2009)
Legal, but requires surgery
Individuals above the age of 12 are able to change their name on all official documents, from birth certificates to passports, to reflect the gender of their choice.
Current status
(since Aug 18, 2004)
(since Aug 18, 2004)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Current status
(since Aug 18, 2004)
(since Aug 18, 2004)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Current status
(since 2009)
(since 2009)
Legal
Current status
(since Dec 4, 1933)
(since Dec 4, 1933)
Equal
The age of consent in Uruguay is 15 years old regardless of the type of intercourse.
Current status
(since Oct 26, 2016)
(since Oct 26, 2016)
Not banned
No
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