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
    Unknown
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✔ Full ban
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Australian Capital Territory

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Homosexual activity in Australian Capital Territory is legal.

Current status
Since Dec 19, 1994
Legal
Since 1994 federal Australian law has made homosexuality legal.
Details
Sources:
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/…
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/…
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Same-sex marriage in Australian Capital Territory

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Same-sex marriage in Australian Capital Territory 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.
Details
Sources:
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/g…

www.theguardian.com/austral…

www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/…
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Oct 22, 2013–Dec 9, 2017
Unrecognized
Passed in ACT only but overturned by the High Court
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Sources:
www.news.com.au/national/ac…
web.archive.org/web/2013121…
www.legislation.act.gov.au/…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Australian Capital Territory

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Australian Capital Territory is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Australian Capital Territory is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Mar 20, 2014
Legal, no restrictions
The ACT abolished their surgery requirements in 2014, permitting anyone over the age of 14 to change the gender marker on official documents.
Details
Sources:
equalityaustralia.org.au/ne…
classic.austlii.edu.au/au/l…
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1997–Mar 20, 2014
Legal, but requires surgery
The ACT did not abolish their surgery requirements until 2014 (put in place in a 1997 act) - before then gender confirmation surgery was required to change official documents' gender marker.
Details
Sources:
equalityaustralia.org.au/ne…
www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin…
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Gender-affirming care in Australian Capital Territory

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Gender-affirming care in Australian Capital Territory is legal.

Current status
Legal
Australian youth outside of Queensland can begin accessing puberty blockers at the age of 10, full HRT is not typically prescribed until 16 and GCS is often not done until 18. However, nobody can access irreversible treatment until 15.

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.
Details
Sources:
www.mja.com.au/journal/2015…
theconversation.com/explain…
theconversation.com/childre…
www.healthdirect.gov.au/gen…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Australian Capital Territory

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Australian Capital Territory is recognized.

Current status
Since Feb 16, 2016
Recognized
Individuals in Australian Capital Territory can request an X gender marker on their birth certificate.
Details
Sources:
www.starobserver.com.au/new…
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LGBT discrimination in Australian Capital Territory

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LGBT discrimination in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Australian Capital Territory

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LGBT employment discrimination in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Australian Capital Territory

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LGBT housing discrimination in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Australian Capital Territory

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Same-sex adoption in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Australian Capital Territory

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Intersex infant surgery in Australian Capital Territory is full ban.

Current status
Since Jun 8, 2023
Full ban
The Variation in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Bill 2023 bans intersex surgery on infants, and allows for individuals to make the decision themselves when they have capacity to consent.
Details
Sources:
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06…
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Serving openly in military in Australian Capital Territory

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Serving openly in military in Australian Capital Territory is legal.

Current status
Since Nov 24, 1992
Legal under federal Australia law
LGBTQ+ people are allowed to serve in the Australian army.

(Australia is responsible for the defence of: Heard Island and McDonald Islands.)
Details
Sources:
www.nytimes.com/1992/11/24/…

scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmjo…

Defence of Heard Islands: www.nytimes.com/1992/11/24/…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Australian Capital Territory

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Blood donations by MSMs in Australian Capital Territory is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 3, 2023
Legal
In all of Australia
Details
Sources:
healthtimes.com.au/hub/publ…
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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.
Details
Sources:
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/h…
healthtimes.com.au/hub/publ…
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Until Jan 31, 2021
Banned (1-year deferral)
Before January 31, 2021, a one year deferral was in place.
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Sources:
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/h…
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Conversion therapy in Australian Capital Territory

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Conversion therapy in Australian Capital Territory is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Australian Capital Territory

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Equal age of consent in Australian Capital Territory is equal.

Current status
Since 1900
Equal
In the 1900 crimes act the age of consent is defined gender neutrally.
Details
Sources:
www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin…
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Legal Rights
100 / 100
Public Opinion
74 / 100

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