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
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Tasmania

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Homosexual activity in Tasmania is legal.

Current status
Since May 1, 1997
Legal
Tasmania decriminalizes homosexual activity, making homosexual activity legal in all Australian states.
Sources:
Willett, Graham (2000). Living Out Loud: A History of Gay and Lesbian activism in Australia. Allen & Unwin. p. 237. ISBN 1 86448 949 9.
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Same-sex marriage in Tasmania

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Same-sex marriage in Tasmania is legal.

Current status
Since Dec 9, 2017
Legal
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017. The legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day.

Censorship of LGBT issues in Tasmania

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Tasmania is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Tasmania is legal, no restrictions.

Current status
Since Mar 21, 2019
Legal, no restrictions
In late 2019, Tasmania became the first state to allow its citizens (especially transgender/agender people) to obtain a birth certificate that accurately reflects their gender identity. Given the novelty of the law, the state’s peak law reform body was directed to consider the impact of the reforms on Tasmania’s system of law and justice. Today, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute reported its findings that the changes in the law have no significant unintended consequences for the law and justice system.
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Gender-affirming care in Tasmania

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Gender-affirming care in Tasmania is legal.

Current status
Since 1998
Legal under federal Australia law
In 1998, Australia 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 Tasmania

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Tasmania is recognized.

Current status
Since 2019
Recognized
Non-binary gender is legally recognized in Tasmania.

LGBT discrimination in Tasmania

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LGBT discrimination in Tasmania is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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LGBT employment discrimination in Tasmania

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LGBT employment discrimination in Tasmania is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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LGBT housing discrimination in Tasmania

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LGBT housing discrimination in Tasmania is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Tasmania

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Same-sex adoption in Tasmania is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Intersex infant surgery in Tasmania

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Intersex infant surgery in Tasmania is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
No territory or state besides the Australian Capital Territory has banned intersex infant surgery.
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Serving openly in military in Tasmania

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Serving openly in military in Tasmania is legal.

Current status
Legal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Tasmania

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Blood donations by MSMs in Tasmania is legal.

Current status
Since Jun 3, 2023
Legal
In all of Australia
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Jan 31, 2021–Jun 3, 2023
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Since January 31, 2021, the deferral period has been reduced to three months.
Until Jan 31, 2021
Banned (1-year deferral)
Before January 31, 2021, a one year deferral was in place.
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Conversion therapy in Tasmania

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Conversion therapy in Tasmania is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There are no laws in place banning conversion therapy. However, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLR) is pushing for a conversion therapy ban, among other amendments to the law regarding LGBT.
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Equal age of consent in Tasmania

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Equal age of consent in Tasmania is equal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2016
Equal
Since 2016.
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