LGBT Rights in Sankt-Peterburg Autonomous City

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    Unknown
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✖ Banned
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    Unknown
    Employment Discrimination
    Unknown
    Housing Discrimination
    Unknown
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    Unknown
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History

Homosexual activity in Sankt-Peterburg

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Homosexual activity in Sankt-Peterburg is legal.

Current status
Since May 27, 1993
Legal
Homosexuality became legal in Russia in May 27, 1993.
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Same-sex marriage in Sankt-Peterburg

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Same-sex marriage in Sankt-Peterburg is banned.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2020
Banned under federal Russia law
The federal laws of Russia do not allow for same-sex unions of any kind, and the Russian constitution has defined marriage as a union strictly between a man and woman since 2020.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Sankt-Peterburg

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Right to change legal gender in Sankt-Peterburg

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Right to change legal gender in Sankt-Peterburg is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 24, 2023
Illegal under federal Russia law
The upper house of Russia’s parliament unanimously approved a bill outlawing gender-affirming care and legal gender change. It also annuls marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bars transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents.
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Nov 15, 1997–Jul 24, 2023
Legal, but requires surgery under federal Russia law
Transgender people are able to change their gender on identification documents after being issued a document from a health institution confirming the surgical requirements.
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Gender-affirming care in Sankt-Peterburg

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Gender-affirming care in Sankt-Peterburg is banned.

Current status
Since Jul 24, 2023
Banned under federal Russia law
On July 24th, 2023, Vladimir Putin signed legislation into law that bans “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person.”

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sankt-Peterburg

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Sankt-Peterburg

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LGBT discrimination in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Sankt-Peterburg

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LGBT employment discrimination in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Sankt-Peterburg

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LGBT housing discrimination in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Sankt-Peterburg

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Same-sex adoption in Sankt-Peterburg is single only.

Current status
Since Jul 24, 2023
Single only under federal Russia law
Single homosexuals are allowed to adopt, but banned for transgender people.
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Intersex infant surgery in Sankt-Peterburg

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Intersex infant surgery in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Sankt-Peterburg

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Serving openly in military in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Sankt-Peterburg

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Blood donations by MSMs in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Sankt-Peterburg

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Conversion therapy in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Sankt-Peterburg

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Equal age of consent in Sankt-Peterburg is unknown.

Current status
Unknown