- 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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Homosexual activity in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1980
Legal
Same-sex marriage in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Since Dec 9, 2017
Legal
Following a nation-wide postal vote, 61.6% of Australians voted 'Yes' for Same-sex Marriage in November 2017. The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 subsequently passed parliament on 7th December and was given Royal Assent on 8th December, coming into effect from 9th December 2017, Australia-wide (including Victoria).
Censorship of LGBT issues in Victoria is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Victoria, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Victoria is legal, no restrictions.
Current status
Since May 1, 2020
Legal, no restrictions
Amended birth certificate laws.
Gender-affirming care in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Since 1991
Legal under federal Australia law
Australian youth can begin accessing puberty blockers at the age of 10, full HRT is not typically prescribed until 16 and GCS is often not done until 18. However nobody can access irreversible treatment until 15.
For Oestrogen or Testosterone two independent child and adolescent psychiatrists must do a standardised assessment of psychological development as well as a formal assessment of the child’s gender identification and capacity to understand the proposed treatment. A paediatric endocrinologist establishes the child’s pubertal stage, excludes disorders and discusses with the child and parents the effects and risks of puberty suppression.
For Puberty blockers a young person requires a multidisciplinary team consisting of a paediatrician, two mental health professionals (one must be a psychiatrist), and a fertility expert, to agree treatment is in the child’s best interests. It is then necessary to make an application to the Family Court for authorisation of treatment.
For Oestrogen or Testosterone two independent child and adolescent psychiatrists must do a standardised assessment of psychological development as well as a formal assessment of the child’s gender identification and capacity to understand the proposed treatment. A paediatric endocrinologist establishes the child’s pubertal stage, excludes disorders and discusses with the child and parents the effects and risks of puberty suppression.
For Puberty blockers a young person requires a multidisciplinary team consisting of a paediatrician, two mental health professionals (one must be a psychiatrist), and a fertility expert, to agree treatment is in the child’s best interests. It is then necessary to make an application to the Family Court for authorisation of treatment.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Victoria is recognized.
Current status
Since May 1, 2020
Recognized
Same birth laws that allowed gender change without GRS.
LGBT employment discrimination in Victoria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Cannot discriminate on grounds of sexual preference or gender identification: some religious exemptions apply.
LGBT housing discrimination in Victoria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Addressed by the Equal Opportunity Act 2010
Intersex infant surgery in Victoria is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
No territory or state besides the Australian Capital Territory has banned intersex infant surgery.
Serving openly in military in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Legal
As per Commonwealth
Blood donations by MSMs in Victoria is legal.
Current status
Since Jun 3, 2023
Legal
In all of Australia
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
As of January 31 2021, Australian Red Cross’s Lifeblood service requires a 3-month deferral.
Until Jan 31, 2021
Banned (1-year deferral)
Australian Red Cross's Lifeblood Service has relaxed the deferral period.
Equal age of consent in Victoria is equal.
Current status
Equal
In Victoria the law about under-age sex is the same for both men and women and for gay and heterosexual sex.
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