Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    Unknown
    Employment Discrimination
    Unknown
    Housing Discrimination
    Unknown
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Homosexual activity in U.S. Virgin Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Apr 30, 1985
Legal
Homosexual activity has been legal since 1985.
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Same-sex marriage in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Same-sex marriage in U.S. Virgin Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 26, 2015
Legal
Same-sex marriage has been legal throughout the United States (including the territories)
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Censorship of LGBT issues in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Censorship of LGBT issues in U.S. Virgin Islands is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
There have been no censorship laws affecting the United States territories (especially the United States Virgin Islands). News sources that have covered LGBT issues, such as NBC, have not listed this territory.
Current status
No censorship
There have been no censorship laws affecting the United States territories (especially the United States Virgin Islands). News sources that have covered LGBT issues, such as NBC, have not listed this territory.

Right to change legal gender in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Right to change legal gender in U.S. Virgin Islands is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Apr 11, 2022
Legal, no restrictions
The United States Virgin Islands is an overseas American territory and enjoys the same LGBTQ rights as the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

All American passports can get a gender X marker.
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Gender-affirming care in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Gender-affirming care in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in U.S. Virgin Islands

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LGBT discrimination in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in U.S. Virgin Islands

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LGBT employment discrimination in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in U.S. Virgin Islands

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LGBT housing discrimination in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Same-sex adoption in U.S. Virgin Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 26, 2017
Legal

On 31 March 2016, Federal District Court struck down Mississippi's ban on same-sex couple adoptions. On June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court reversed an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that allowed a law listing parents by gender on birth certificates to stand. The new SCOTUS ruling allowed both same-sex spouses to be listed on birth certificates. These court rulings made adoption by same-sex couples legal in all 50 states.

States can however require couples to be legally married before adopting.
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Intersex infant surgery in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Intersex infant surgery in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Serving openly in military in U.S. Virgin Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Feb 26, 2021
Legal under federal United States law
President Biden removed former President Trumps ban on transgender people serving in the military, transgender people are still allowed to serve as of 2024.


A year after the ban was lifted, Admiral Levine was sworn into being a Admiral being the first transgender woman to hold a high rank in the Navy and in Cabinet.
Apr 11, 2019–Feb 26, 2021
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned under federal United States law
New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria."
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Sep 20, 2011–Apr 11, 2019
Legal under federal United States law
In 2011, Don't Ask Don't Tell was repelled under the Obama Administration 6 years later a new executive order was introduced. Former President Obama allowed members dishonorably discharged under DADT, to receive a honorable discharge.
Dec 21, 1993–Sep 20, 2011
Don't Ask, Don't Tell under federal United States law
Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the historic compromise signed by President Bill Clinton authorizing people who are LGBT to serve in the military provided they didn't disclose sexuality. The law also removed the ability for others in the military from asking for a service member's orientation.
Sources:
gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104p…
catalog.archives.gov/id/122244870 *official document for DADT signed by Former President Clinton*
gao.gov/assets/nsiad-92-98.pdf *study from 1992 to 1998*
history.com/news/dont-ask-d…
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Blood donations by MSMs in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Blood donations by MSMs in U.S. Virgin Islands 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.
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Conversion therapy in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Conversion therapy in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Equal age of consent in U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown