- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Legal, but restricted for minors
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in South West is legal.
The repeal took effect on January 3rd, 2023.
Same-sex marriage in South West is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in South West is state-enforced.
LGBT topics are also censored in media and education by the Ministry of Communications and Information, and the Infocomm Media Development Authority. Restrictions on topics date back to 1997 on the Internet and 2004 on radio. Even after decriminalisation, the government sought to keep its censorship laws.
Right to change legal gender in South West is legal, but requires surgery.
In 1996, Member of Parliament (MP) Abdullah Tarmugi made an announcement that individuals who have undergone surgery could marry someone of the opposite sex.
Gender-affirming care in South West is legal, but restricted for minors.
HRT approval for trans youths under 21 is much stricter, especially given the global climate surrounding transitioning for trans youths. You will be subject to significantly more evaluation than trans adults, and some individuals have been rejected for HRT despite having consent from both parents.
For trans adults, gender affirming health care has been legal since 1973, the first country in Asia to legalise it.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in South West is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in South West is illegal in some contexts.
In 2021, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam stated that “LGBTQ persons, non-LGBTQ persons, we are all equal. We are not any lesser by reason of our sexual preferences.”
LGBT employment discrimination in South West is ambiguous.
In 2021, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam stated that “LGBTQ persons, non-LGBTQ persons, we are all equal. We are not any lesser by reason of our sexual preferences.” and added that action will be taken if anyone stirs hate speech either for or against any sexual or religious community.
LGBT housing discrimination in South West is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in South West is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in South West is not banned.
Serving openly in military in South West is legal.
On graduation, they are deployed in a vocation which has no security risks, posted to non-sensitive units and given a security status which restricts their access to classified documents.
Blood donations by MSMs in South West is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in South West is not banned.
Equal age of consent in South West is equal.