Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, no restrictions
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✔ Recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Queensland

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Homosexual activity in Queensland is legal.

Current status
Since 1990
Legal
Female always legal, male legal as of 1990.
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Same-sex marriage in Queensland

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Same-sex marriage in Queensland is legal.

Current status
Since Dec 9, 2017
Legal
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017. The legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Queensland

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Queensland is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Queensland, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Queensland

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Right to change legal gender in Queensland is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Dec 2, 2022
Legal, no restrictions
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Queensland

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Queensland is recognized.

Current status
Since Dec 2, 2022
Recognized
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022: Under the amended laws, people will be able to nominate a sex descriptor of their choice, including male, female, trans man, trans woman, ‘agender’, ‘genderqueer’ or ‘non-binary’ as long as the change isn’t sought for fraudulent or improper purposes.
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LGBT discrimination in Queensland

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LGBT discrimination in Queensland is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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LGBT employment discrimination in Queensland

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LGBT employment discrimination in Queensland is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the Sex Discrimination Amendment Act.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Queensland

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LGBT housing discrimination in Queensland is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Queensland

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Same-sex adoption in Queensland is legal.

Current status
Since Nov 23, 2017
Legal
Federal Adoption of Children Legislation Amendment (Equality) Bill 2017
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Serving openly in military in Queensland

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Serving openly in military in Queensland is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Legal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Queensland

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Blood donations by MSMs in Queensland is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 3, 2023
Legal
In all of Australia
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Jan 31, 2021–Jun 3, 2023
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Since January 31, 2021, the deferral period has been reduced to three months.
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Conversion therapy in Queensland

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Conversion therapy in Queensland is banned.

Current status
Since Aug 13, 2020
Banned
The Health Leislation Ammendment Act of 2020 modified the Public Health Act of 2005 to make conversion therapy illegal. Penalties are up to 18 months in jail for attempting to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity using practices such as aversion therapy, hypnotherapy and psychoanalysis.
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Equal age of consent in Queensland

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Equal age of consent in Queensland is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2016
Equal
Equal age of consent since 2016.
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1990–Jan 1, 2017
Unequal
Female same-gender sexual activity always legal. Male same-gender sexual activity legalised in 1990. This does not include 'sodomy' (anal intercourse)- it is illegal for anyone regardless of orientation or gender under 18 to partake in.
Sources:
Patterson, C (1992). "Queensland - Years of Change". Australian Gay and Lesbian Law Review 1 (Autumn): 88.
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