LGBT Rights in Yukon Territory

    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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History

Homosexual activity in Yukon

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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.
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Same-sex marriage in Yukon

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Same-sex marriage in Yukon is legal.

Current status
Since Jul 14, 2004
Legal
Became the fourth Jurisdiction to legalize Gay marriage.
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Yukon

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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.
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Right to change legal gender in Yukon

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

Current status
Since Jun 13, 2017
Legal, no restrictions
Since June 13th 2017, Yukon became the last province or territory to allow trans people to change their gender marker in Canada without undergoing surgeries.

Gender-affirming care in Yukon

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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.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Yukon

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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

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LGBT discrimination in Yukon is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Provincial for sexual orientation, federally for gender identity and expression.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Yukon

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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

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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.
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Same-sex adoption in Yukon

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Same-sex adoption in Yukon is legal.

Current status
Legal
No restrictions in Canada.
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Intersex infant surgery in Yukon

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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.

Serving openly in military in Yukon

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Serving openly in military in Yukon is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 10, 1992
Legal
Under federal jurisdiction.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Yukon

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Blood donations by MSMs in Yukon is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 30, 2022
Legal
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Jun 3, 2019–Sep 30, 2022
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Following the Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Jan 2016–Jun 3, 2019
Banned (1-year deferral)
Following the Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Jul 22, 2013–Jan 2016
Banned (5-year deferral)
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Sep 26, 1998–Jul 21, 2013
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Following Canadian Blood Services guidelines.
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Conversion therapy in Yukon

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Conversion therapy in Yukon is banned.

Current status
Since Nov 10, 2020
Banned
Yukon became the first territory to ban conversion therapy in 2020.

A federal ban was then issued in 2022.
Until Nov 10, 2020
Not banned
Before November 10th 2020, conversion therapy was not officially banned in Yukon.
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Equal age of consent in Yukon

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Equal age of consent in Yukon is equal.

Current status
Since Jun 21, 2019
Equal
Under federal legislation.
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Until Jun 20, 2019