Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✔ Civil unions (marriage rights)
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Adoption
    ✖ Second parent adoption only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in San Marino

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Homosexual activity in San Marino is legal.

Current status
Since 1865
Legal
Gay sex in San Marino has been lawful since 1865.
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Same-sex marriage in San Marino

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Same-sex marriage in San Marino is civil unions (marriage rights).

Current status
Since Nov 16, 2018
Civil unions (marriage rights)
San Marino passed a law recognizing same sex civil unions.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in San Marino

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Censorship of LGBT issues in San Marino is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in San Marino is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
San Marino do not allow for gender marker change in identification documents.

Gender-affirming care in San Marino

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Gender-affirming care in San Marino is legal.

Current status
Since 1995
Legal
In 1995, San Marino adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in San Marino

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
According to the ILGA Europe, there's no recognition of non-binary gender in San Marino.
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LGBT discrimination in San Marino

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LGBT discrimination in San Marino is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Jan 2019
Illegal in some contexts
Article 4 of the Declaration of Citizen Rights of 1974 (one of the documents that are part of the Constitution of San Marino) was amended to explicitly include “sexual orientation” as a prohibited ground of discrimination, after a national referendum in June 2019.

LGBT employment discrimination in San Marino

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LGBT employment discrimination in San Marino is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2019
Sexual orientation only
Article 4 of the Declaration of Citizen Rights of 1974 (one of the documents that are part of the Constitution of San Marino) was amended to explicitly include “sexual orientation” as a prohibited ground of discrimination, after a national referendum in June 2019. No law explicity mention sexual orientation protection from discrimination in employment.

LGBT housing discrimination in San Marino

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LGBT housing discrimination in San Marino is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since Jun 2019
Sexual orientation only
Article 4 of the Declaration of Citizen Rights of 1974 (one of the documents that are part of the Constitution of San Marino) was amended to explicitly include “sexual orientation” as a prohibited ground of discrimination, after a national referendum in June 2019. No law explicity mention sexual orientation protection from discrimination in employment.
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Same-sex adoption in San Marino

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Same-sex adoption in San Marino is second parent adoption only.

Current status
Since Nov 16, 2018
Second parent adoption only
Stepchild adoption for same sex couples.
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Intersex infant surgery in San Marino

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Intersex infant surgery in San Marino is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in San Marino.
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Serving openly in military in San Marino

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Serving openly in military in San Marino is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Protected by Italian military however trans gender people are banned from the Italian military
Sources:
Italy does not allow transgender service
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Blood donations by MSMs in San Marino

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Blood donations by MSMs in San Marino is legal.

Current status
Since Feb 18, 1958
Legal
There are no restrictions about gay sex, a healthy person is free to donate.

Conversion therapy in San Marino

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Conversion therapy in San Marino is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
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Equal age of consent in San Marino

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Equal age of consent in San Marino is equal.

Current status
Since 1865
Equal
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LGBT Rights by Municipality

View the LGBT laws in each individual municipality of San Marino.