Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from past to now.
It was reported in 2015 that applications for change of sex are done on a case-by-case basis and are not problematic, as long as a person can provide medical reports of their sex change, which…
Right to change legal gender: Legal, no restrictions from past to now.
Individuals can legally change their gender in France. Sex reassignment surgery is state-funded.
According to media reports, in 2010, France became the first country to remove "transsexualism"…
Right to change legal gender: Legal, no restrictions from past to now.
Change of sex is legal though there are now specific laws concerning the matter. In 1993, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland stated that a change of sex should be "irreversible"; many judges…
Same-sex adoption: Step-child adoption only from Jan 1, 2018 to now.
Article 27 of the Swiss Registered partnership Law states that the step-parent has the legal obligation to take care of the child and owns parental authority to represent the step-child.
Step-child…
Conversion therapy: Varies by Region from May 2, 2023 to now.
On this date, Neuchâtel banned conversion therapy. Neuchâtel is a canton of Switzerland, of which there are 26. In the other 25 member states of the Swiss Confederation, conversion therapy remains…
Blood donations by MSMs: Banned (1-year deferral) from Nov 29, 2017 to now.
In early May 2017, the National Council approved a motion calling on all restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood to be lifted. According to the National Council, only risky behaviour…
There is no legal recognition of same-sex unions in Indonesia. Article 1 of the Law No. 1 of the Year 1974 on Marriage states unequivocally that marriage is "a physical and spiritual bond between a…
Serving openly in military: Illegal from Aug 18, 1945 to now.
There is not a specific law against LGBT military service however, gay and lesbian Indonesians face discrimination when attempting to serve in the military.
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jan 2009 to now.
A court ruling in Indonesia in December 2009 stipulated that Indonesians who have undergone gender re-assignment surgery must be allowed to change their gender on identity documents.
LGBT Turks are deemed unfit to be parents however, it is unclear if there is legislation to support this. It is also unclear when this policy began. However, same-sex adoptions are not permitted in…