Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    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
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in British Virgin Islands

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Homosexual activity in British Virgin Islands is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2001
Legal
The UK government decriminalised homosexual acts between two consenting adults via Sections 3(1) and 3(7) of the Caribbean Territories (Criminal Law) Order, 2000.

Same-sex marriage in British Virgin Islands

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Same-sex marriage in British Virgin Islands is unrecognized.

Current status
Unrecognized
Same sex marriages are not legal, and the laws of the British Virgin Islands do not allow for recognition of same sex marriages from elsewhere, including the United Kingdom. Although the UK government encourages British Overseas Territories to adopt its equality laws it has said that it will not force a change in law.

Censorship of LGBT issues in British Virgin Islands

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Censorship of LGBT issues in British Virgin Islands is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in British Virgin Islands is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Changes of gender are not currently allowed by current legislation.
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Gender-affirming care in British Virgin Islands

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Gender-affirming care in British Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in British Virgin Islands

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in British Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in British Virgin Islands

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LGBT discrimination in British Virgin Islands is illegal.

Current status
Since Jun 13, 2007
Illegal
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LGBT employment discrimination in British Virgin Islands

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LGBT employment discrimination in British Virgin Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jun 13, 2007
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Constitutional ban on all discrimination.
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LGBT housing discrimination in British Virgin Islands

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LGBT housing discrimination in British Virgin Islands is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jun 13, 2007
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Illegal under the UK Federal Hate Crimes.
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Same-sex adoption in British Virgin Islands

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Same-sex adoption in British Virgin Islands is single only.

Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Intersex infant surgery in British Virgin Islands

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Intersex infant surgery in British Virgin Islands is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in British Virgin Islands

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Serving openly in military in British Virgin Islands is legal.

Current status
Legal
United Kingdom responsible for defence and thus LGBT persons allowed to serve openly.
Sources:
United Kingdom responsible for defense thus Gay and Lesbians allows to serve openly.
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Blood donations by MSMs in British Virgin Islands

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Blood donations by MSMs in British Virgin Islands is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Blood donation is prohibited from men who have had "sexual contact with another male, even once, since 1977".
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Conversion therapy in British Virgin Islands

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Conversion therapy in British Virgin Islands is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
No laws currently ban conversion therapy in the British Virgin Islands.
Sources:
No law to cite.
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Equal age of consent in British Virgin Islands

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Equal age of consent in British Virgin Islands is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2001
Equal
The age of concent was equalised at the same time as homosexual activity was decriminalised.
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