LGBT rights in Monsilva

LGBT rights in Monsilva
Status	Homosexuality always legal for women; decriminalised for men in 1978
Gender identity	Transgender people can undertake procedures and have treatment for dysphoria but cannot legally change their gender.
Military	Allowed to serve openly since 2008
Discrimination protections	All discrimination was banned on a federal basis in 2011, including discrimination based on sex or gender.
Family rights
Recognition of relationships	Same-sex marriage legal since 2015
Adoption	Adoption legal since 1993

The rights of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people in Monsilva have varied throughout its history.

With the founding of the Monsilvan Republic in 1978 after the Monsilvan Revolution, homosexuality was decriminalised for men. Before this, homosexuality between men had been punishable by death during the People's Republic of Monsilva. Since then, the rights of LGBT people in Monsilva have only improved. In 1993 the first federal act relating to the LGBT community was passed which legalised same-sex unions and civil partnerships as well as adoption on a federal basis. Later, in 2008, the Monsilvan Armed Forces stated that openly LGBT people can now serve in the military. One of the largest Acts passed by the Monsilvan government in its history was the Anti-Discrimination Act of 2011 which made all discrimination based on age, race, sex, disabilities, religion, orientation, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity illegal. Same-sex marriage was made legal federally in 2015.

In terms of state laws, some states have had more rights for LGBT people than others overtime. In 1993, Amking and Luhai were the first to make same-sex marriage legal, whereas it was only made legal in Weishi, Zaixian and Nanyan when it was made legal federally in 2015. Similarly, when the Anti-Discrimination Act of 2011 passed, eight states had already passed anti-discrimination laws that do the same as the federal act.

Summary tables

By federal law

Below is a summary based on federal law. Some states would have passed these laws before the federal government did.

Same-sex sexual activity legal	(Since 1978)
Equal age of consent (16)	(Since 1978)
Anti-discrimination laws in employment	(Since 2011)
Anti-discrimination laws in education	(Since 2011)
Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services	(Since 2011)
Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech)	(Since 2011)
Same-sex marriage	(Since 2015)
Recognition of same-sex couples	(Since 1993)
Stepchild adoption by same-sex couples	(Since 1993)
Joint adoption by same-sex couples	(Since 1993)
Adoption by single people regardless of sexual orientation	(Since 1978)
LGB people allowed to serve in the military	(Since 2008)
Transgender people allowed to serve openly in the military	(Transgenderism is not recognized by federal law. However transgender people could still join the military under the gender classification "Other" which is accepted by the Monsilvan Armed Forces)
Right to change legal gender	(SRS is not illegal but is not recognized as a change in gender (unless it is to "Other"))
Third gender option	(Since 2015; defined as "Other")
Intersex minors protected from invasive surgical procedures	(Since 1978)
Conversion therapy banned by law	(Since 1978)
Access to IVF for lesbian couples	(Since 2015)
Automatic parenthood for both spouses after birth	(Since 1993)
Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples	(Banned for heterosexual couples as well)
MSMs allowed to donate blood	(Since 2015)

By state law

LGBT rights in:	Same-sex sexual activity	Equal age of consent (16)	Right to change legal gender	Recognition of same-sex unions	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Military service	Official pardon	Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation)	Anti-discrimination (gender identity)
Amking	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 1993	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1984	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1984
Bazhong	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1983	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1983
Donguan	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1984	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1984
Huachang	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1993	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 2011	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 2011
Leibo	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1993	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 2011	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 2011
Luhai	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 1993	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1984	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1984
Maojie	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1983	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1983
Menchi	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1983	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1983
Nanyan	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1993	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 2011	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 2011
Weishi	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1993	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 2011	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 2011
30px Wodai	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1984	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1984
Xiaogu	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1985	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 1983	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 1983
Xishanjia	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1993	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 2011	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 2011
Zaixian	Legal since 1978	Legal since 1978	Legal to change gender to "Other" but not the opposite sex (ie. male to female or female to male)	Legal since 1993	Legal since 2015	Legal since 1993	Since 2008	Since 1978 (includes posthumous pardons)	All discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation banned in 2011	All discrimination on the grounds of gender identity banned in 2011