- 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 Yukon is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1969
Legal
under Atterny general Pierre Trudeau and justice minster. it is under the Criminal Law Amendment Act.
Same-sex marriage in Yukon is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 14, 2004
Legal
Became the fourth Jurisdiction to legalize Gay marriage.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Yukon is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Yukon Territory, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Gender-affirming care in Yukon is legal.
Current status
Legal
Yukon currently covers most gender-affirming care a person could request. The list was vastly expended in 2021, making Yukon the one that covers the most gender-affirming care among all provinces and territories.
This includes:
-Hormone therapy (medical practitioner must apply to benefits program on behalf of patient)
-Vaginoplasty
-Phalloplasty
-Metoidioplasty
-Penectomy
-Hysterectomy
-Salpingo-oophorectomy
-Orchiectomy
-Mastectomy
-Chest contouring
-Body contouring
-Hair removal
-Medical and travel costs
-Facial feminization surgery ($30K-$50K)
-Voice therapy
-Vocal surgery
-Mental wellness services (through All Genders Yukon Society)
-Training for healthcare professionals (at no cost) to provide compassionate and culturally sensitive WPATH gender-inclusive care
To receive this care, patients must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria and have a referral from a mental health provider.
This includes:
-Hormone therapy (medical practitioner must apply to benefits program on behalf of patient)
-Vaginoplasty
-Phalloplasty
-Metoidioplasty
-Penectomy
-Hysterectomy
-Salpingo-oophorectomy
-Orchiectomy
-Mastectomy
-Chest contouring
-Body contouring
-Hair removal
-Medical and travel costs
-Facial feminization surgery ($30K-$50K)
-Voice therapy
-Vocal surgery
-Mental wellness services (through All Genders Yukon Society)
-Training for healthcare professionals (at no cost) to provide compassionate and culturally sensitive WPATH gender-inclusive care
To receive this care, patients must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria and have a referral from a mental health provider.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Yukon is recognized.
Current status
Since Jun 13, 2017
Recognized
Yukon residents can ask for an X on their birth certificate.
LGBT discrimination in Yukon is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Provincial for sexual orientation, federally for gender identity and expression.
LGBT employment discrimination in Yukon is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Apr 25, 2017
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Both are protected under the Yukon Human Rights Code as well as federally under bill C-16.
LGBT housing discrimination in Yukon is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Under the Yukon Human Rights Act. As well as Bill C-16.
Same-sex adoption in Yukon is legal.
Current status
Legal
No restrictions in Canada.
Intersex infant surgery in Yukon is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
No laws currently exist to ban or monitor surgeries on intersex infants in Yukon.
However, the territory allows parents to register their child with an X gender marker instead of forcing them to assign a gender to their child.
However, the territory allows parents to register their child with an X gender marker instead of forcing them to assign a gender to their child.
Serving openly in military in Yukon is legal.
Current status
Since Oct 10, 1992
Legal
Under federal jurisdiction.
Blood donations by MSMs in Yukon is legal.
Current status
Since Sep 30, 2022
Legal
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Following the Canadian Blood Services guidelines.