Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    Unknown
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✔ Legal
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Gibraltar

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Homosexual activity in Gibraltar is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1993
Legal
legal since 1993
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Until 1992
Male illegal, female uncertain
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Same-sex marriage in Gibraltar

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Same-sex marriage in Gibraltar is legal.

Current status
Since Dec 15, 2016
Legal
Civil Marriage Amendment Act 2016
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Mar 28, 2014–Dec 14, 2016
Civil unions (marriage rights)
Civil Partnership Act 2014
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Gibraltar

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Gibraltar is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Gibraltar is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
It is not currently possible for citizens of Gibraltar to officially change their gender.

Gender-affirming care in Gibraltar

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Gender-affirming care in Gibraltar is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gibraltar

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Gibraltar is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Gibraltar

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LGBT discrimination in Gibraltar is illegal.

Current status
Since Sep 19, 2013
Illegal
Hate speech banned.
Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act
2013.

LGBT employment discrimination in Gibraltar

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

Current status
Since Sep 13, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the anti-discrimination law. also the 2013 admentment.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Gibraltar

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

Current status
Since Sep 19, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Gibraltar

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Same-sex adoption in Gibraltar is legal.

Current status
Since Apr 2013
Legal
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Intersex infant surgery in Gibraltar

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Intersex infant surgery in Gibraltar is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Gibraltar

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Serving openly in military in Gibraltar is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 12, 2000
Legal
As a British Overseas Territory, Gibraltar is defended by the United Kingdom's armed forces.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Gibraltar

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Blood donations by MSMs in Gibraltar is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
If you are gay, you can´t be a blood donor.
Sources:
I´m a blood donor in Spain, in UK and they didn´t let me donor blood here because I´m gay
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Conversion therapy in Gibraltar

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Conversion therapy in Gibraltar is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
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Equal age of consent in Gibraltar

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Equal age of consent in Gibraltar is equal.

Current status
Since Apr 9, 2011
Equal
On 8 April 2011, the Supreme Court of Gibraltar ruled that a higher age of consent of 18 for all gay sex was deemed unconstitutional, and thus mandated an equal age of consent of 16. Also at the same time decriminalised heterosexual anal sex and set the age of consent at 16 for that as well.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2012032…//www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=21474
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1993–Apr 8, 2011
Unequal
Following decriminalisation, the age of consent for gay men was set at 18, compared to 16 for heterosexuals and lesbians.
Sources:
thepinknews.com/2010/06/11/…
web.archive.org/web/2012032…//www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=21474
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