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
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in New Brunswick

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Homosexual activity in New Brunswick is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1969
Legal
was decriminalized under the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1968-1969. Fredericton just had a pride parade on August 12, 2018.
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Same-sex marriage in New Brunswick

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Same-sex marriage in New Brunswick is legal.

Current status
Since Jul 4, 2005
Legal
Under the Civil Marriage Act.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in New Brunswick

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Censorship of LGBT issues in New Brunswick is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in New Brunswick is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Apr 26, 2017
Legal, no restrictions
Since April 26th 2017, it is no longer required to undergo surgeries to change one's gender marker in New-Brunswick.
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Gender-affirming care in New Brunswick

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Gender-affirming care in New Brunswick is legal.

Current status
Legal
New-Brunswick covers the following procedures:
-Hormone therapy
-Mastectomy with chest masculinization (for trans-masculine patients)
-Vaginoplasty (including: penectomy, orchidectomy, construction of a vaginal cavity and the vulva)
-Vaginectomy, hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy
-Mastectomy (with chest masculinization)
-Metoidioplasty
-Phalloplasty, erectile and testicular implants.

To receive coverage, patients must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria and receive signed letters from one to three psychiatrists.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in New Brunswick

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in New Brunswick is recognized.

Current status
Since 2019
Recognized
New Brunswick residents can ask to change their gender marker to an X on their birth certificate or driver's license free of charge.
Not legally recognized
Before 2019, New-Brunswick did not recognize non-binary identities.
Sources:
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LGBT discrimination in New Brunswick

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LGBT discrimination in New Brunswick is illegal.

Current status
Since May 13, 2011
Illegal
Discrimination is prohibited on the grounds of "sexual orientation"
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LGBT employment discrimination in New Brunswick

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LGBT employment discrimination in New Brunswick is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jul 15, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the New Brunswick Human Right Code
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LGBT housing discrimination in New Brunswick

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LGBT housing discrimination in New Brunswick is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jul 15, 2016
Sexual orientation and gender identity
under the new Brunswick human rights code.
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Same-sex adoption in New Brunswick

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Same-sex adoption in New Brunswick is legal.

Current status
Legal
under the New Brunswick Adoption Act.
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Intersex infant surgery in New Brunswick

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Intersex infant surgery in New Brunswick is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Currently there are no laws banning or monitoring surgeries on intersex infants in New-Brunswick.
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Serving openly in military in New Brunswick

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Serving openly in military in New Brunswick is legal.

Current status
Legal
Under federal branch.
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Blood donations by MSMs in New Brunswick

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Blood donations by MSMs in New Brunswick is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 30, 2022
Legal
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Jun 3, 2019–Sep 30, 2022
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines, change pending.
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Jan 2016–Jun 3, 2019
Banned (1-year deferral)
Following the Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Conversion therapy in New Brunswick

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Conversion therapy in New Brunswick is banned.

Current status
Banned
Banned in all of Canada
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Equal age of consent in New Brunswick

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Equal age of consent in New Brunswick is equal.

Current status
Since Jun 21, 2019
Equal
Under federal legislation.
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