In 2019, there were 15 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 73 changes made and 13 in the following year. A total of 1147 legal changes were made in the 2010s.
- July 8
- June 21Equal age of consent becomes equal.Equal age of consent at 16. Previously, anal sex was set at 18.
- June 13LGBT discrimination becomes illegal.The Supreme Federal Court criminalised LGBT discrimination nationwide, and now, according to the new law, it is considered a "crime of racism".
- June 11Homosexual activity becomes legal.Botswana's High Court has ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality in a landmark decision for campaigners.
- June 3Blood donations by MSMs becomes banned (3-month deferral).Waiting period moved to 3 months for MSMs in May 2019
- Blood donations by MSMs becomes banned (3-month deferral).
- May 24Same-sex marriage becomes legal.On 24 May 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled that the constitutional right to equality and freedom of marriage guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry under the Constitution of the Republic of China. The ruling (Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748) gave the Legislative Yuan two years to bring the marriage laws into compliance, after which registration of such marriages would come into force automatically. On 20 February 2019, a draft bill entitled the Enforcement Act of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748 was released. The draft bill would grant same-sex married couples almost all the rights available to heterosexual married couples under the Civil Code, with the exception that it only allows adoption of a child genetically related to one of them. 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).
- May 9
- MayBlood donations by MSMs becomes banned (3-month deferral).Deferral period changed from 6 months to 3 months for MSM donors.
- April 11Homosexuals serving openly in military becomes lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.New policy goes into effect barring individuals with a "condition" known as "gender dysphoria."
- April 8Conversion therapy becomes banned.Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed HR 140, a bill that bans gay conversion therapy on minors, into law on April 8, 2019.
- March 28
- March 27Conversion therapy becomes banned.It was banned since 2019 by executive order due to the mental issues people suffered from these conversion therapies .
- January 24
LGBT Organizations Founded in 2019
Queer Youth Group
GlobalQueer Youth Group is a loose affiliation of young activists (16-30) who identify in identities of Queer, MOGAI or any cultural terms that is non-cis-hetero. Queer Youth Group…GlobalQueer Youth Group is a loose affiliation of young activists (16-30) who identify in identities of Queer, MOGAI or any cultural terms that is non-cis-hetero. Queer Youth Group…