PaulBrierley Alpha Tester

Tea drinking geek. Higher Education professional and freelance mobile app development. LGBT network founder and organiser at my workplace.
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PaulBrierley added an entry in Pitcairn Islands.
Same-sex marriage: Banned from Jan 1, 2013 to May 15, 2015.
Wasn't legal
PaulBrierley added an entry in Pitcairn Islands.
Same-sex adoption: Single only from Jan 1, 2001 to now.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Pitcairn Islands.
Serving openly in military: Legal from Jan 1, 2000 to now.
Military protection is responsibility of the United Kingdom, hence their law applies.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Pitcairn Islands.
LGBT discrimination: Illegal from Feb 10, 2010 to now.
See the constitution – section 23, paragraph 3.
PaulBrierley added an entry in North Macedonia.
LGBT discrimination: Illegal from Oct 30, 2020 to now.
On October 27, 2020, the Parliament of North Macedonia adopted a new Law on Prevention and Protection from Discrimination, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender…
PaulBrierley added an entry in North Macedonia.
LGBT discrimination: Illegal in some contexts from Aug 5, 2005 to May 21, 2019.
Aricle 6 of the 2005 Labour Law prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The 2010 Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination prohibited discrimination in…
PaulBrierley added an entry in Sweden.
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 1, 1972 to Jan 9, 2013.
Changes of gender were only legally recognised if the individual had undergone sterilisation.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Sweden.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 1, 1944 to now.
Homosexual activity has been legal in Sweden since 1944.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Sweden.
Same-sex marriage: Legal from May 1, 2009 to now.
The Riksdag passed a gender-neutral marriage bill in 2009, making Sweden the seventh country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Sweden.
Same-sex marriage: Civil unions (marriage rights) from Jan 1, 1995 to May 1, 2009.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Ireland.
LGBT discrimination: Illegal in some contexts from Jan 1, 2000 to Jan 1, 2004.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Ireland.
Equal age of consent: Equal from Jan 1, 1993 to now.
The age of consent in Ireland is 17 for heterosexual and homosexual sex. Section 2 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 states: "Subject to sections 3 and 5 of this Act, any rule of law by…
PaulBrierley added an entry in Ireland.
Right to change legal gender: Illegal from Jan 2002 to Jul 15, 2015.
No legislation at present, but government has said it will legislate and there has been a landmark court prompting the government to seek legislation surrounding the issue. This legislation has yet…
PaulBrierley added an entry in Ireland.
Blood donations by MSMs: Banned (indefinite deferral) from Nov 7, 2011 to Jan 14, 2017.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service bans blood from men who have sex with men. Their policy states: "In order to assure the continued safety of the blood supply, we currently ask those people who…
PaulBrierley added an entry in Ireland.
Same-sex adoption: Single only from Nov 1, 2010 to May 23, 2015.
Law specifies that married couples or single individuals may adopt, but there is no same sex marriage in Ireland at present.
PaulBrierley added an entry in Ireland.
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jan 1, 1993 to now.
Homosexuality was decriminalized in Ireland with the the passing of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993.

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