- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Same-sex marriage in Northern Territory is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Northern Territory is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Northern Territory is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-affirming care in Northern Territory is legal.
For Oestrogen or Testosterone two independent child and adolescent psychiatrists must do a standardised assessment of psychological development as well as a formal assessment of the child’s gender identification and capacity to understand the proposed treatment. A paediatric endocrinologist establishes the child’s pubertal stage, excludes disorders and discusses with the child and parents the effects and risks of puberty suppression.
For Puberty blockers a young person requires a multidisciplinary team consisting of a paediatrician, two mental health professionals (one must be a psychiatrist), and a fertility expert, to agree treatment is in the child’s best interests. It is then necessary to make an application to the Family Court for authorisation of treatment.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Northern Territory is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Northern Territory is unknown.
LGBT employment discrimination in Northern Territory is unknown.
LGBT housing discrimination in Northern Territory is unknown.
Intersex infant surgery in Northern Territory is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Northern Territory is legal.
(Australia is responsible for the defence of: Heard Island and McDonald Islands.)
Blood donations by MSMs in Northern Territory is legal.
In June 2023, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved a submission from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood calling to remove most sexual activity ineligibility criteria for plasma donors.
Conversion therapy in Northern Territory is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Northern Territory is unknown.