Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    Unknown
    Gender-Affirming Care
    Unknown
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    Unknown
    Employment Discrimination
    Unknown
    Housing Discrimination
    Unknown
    Adoption
    Unknown
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Obwalden

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Homosexual activity in Obwalden is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 21, 1991
Legal under federal Switzerland law
Homosexual acts were not mentioned anymore in the revision of the Penal Code of 1991. Therefore the age of consent was lowered to 16 years old for all consenting sexual intercourse.
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Same-sex marriage in Obwalden

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Same-sex marriage in Obwalden is legal.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2022
Legal under federal Switzerland law
Switzerland approved same-sex marriage with a national referendum.

Censorship of LGBT issues in Obwalden

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Obwalden is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship under federal Switzerland law
In Switzerland, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Obwalden

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Right to change legal gender in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Gender-affirming care in Obwalden

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Gender-affirming care in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Obwalden

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Obwalden is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized under federal Switzerland law
Switzerland does not currently legally recognize non-binary identities.
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LGBT discrimination in Obwalden

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LGBT discrimination in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT employment discrimination in Obwalden

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LGBT employment discrimination in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT housing discrimination in Obwalden

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LGBT housing discrimination in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Same-sex adoption in Obwalden

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Same-sex adoption in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Intersex infant surgery in Obwalden

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Intersex infant surgery in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Obwalden

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Serving openly in military in Obwalden is legal.

Current status
Since May 17, 1992
Legal under federal Switzerland law
LGBT people have been able to serve in the Swiss military since 1992.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Obwalden

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Blood donations by MSMs in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Obwalden

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Conversion therapy in Obwalden is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Obwalden

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Equal age of consent in Obwalden is equal.

Current status
Since 1992
Equal under federal Switzerland law
Consensual age is Switzerland is 16 years old, unless the difference in age between the persons involved is not more than 3 years.
Sources:
Article 188 of the Swiss Criminal Code www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/3/311.…
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