- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✔ Full ban
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in São Paulo is legal.
Brazil's 1988 Constitution further strengthened affirmative protections by prohibiting any form of discrimination. Since then courts have since affirmed this additionally applies to sexual orientation.
Same-sex marriage in São Paulo is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in São Paulo is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in São Paulo is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-affirming care in São Paulo is legal.
Since 2020, people above the age of 16 can have access to HRT through the Brazilian public healthcare system, with parental authorization being required for those who are under 18. Sex reassignment surgeries are also granted for trans people above 18 years old.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in São Paulo is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in São Paulo is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in São Paulo is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in São Paulo is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Serving openly in military in São Paulo is legal.
People who are legally male at the age of 18 are obligated to serve, including trans men who have transitioned or trans women who haven't changed their legal gender yet. The latter can be dispensed once the change is made.
Conversion therapy in São Paulo is banned.
Equal age of consent in São Paulo is equal.