- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Parental approval required
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Isle of Man is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Isle of Man is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Isle of Man, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Isle of Man is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Current status
Since 2009
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Requires a gender recognition document. Additionally, you must have the consent of your married parnter
Gender-affirming care in Isle of Man is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no restrictions on gender-affirming care in the Isle of Man.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Isle of Man is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Petitions are being created to make this change
Intersex infant surgery in Isle of Man is parental approval required.
Current status
Since Jul 11, 2001
Parental approval required
All surgeries require parental consent
Serving openly in military in Isle of Man is legal.
Current status
Legal
As a British Crown Dependency, the Isle of Man does not have it’s own military, and relies on the United Kingdom for defence.
Blood donations by MSMs in Isle of Man is legal.
Current status
Since Jun 1, 2023
Legal
From 1 June, all donors will be subject to the same screening process regardless of their sexuality or gender.
Conversion therapy in Isle of Man is banned.
Current status
Since Aug 6, 2021
Banned
The Sexual Offences and Obscene Publications Act was revised to ban any therapy that attempts to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Until Aug 5, 2021
Not banned
No Conversion Therapy ban in place.
Equal age of consent in Isle of Man is equal.
Current status
Since 2006
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