LGBT rights in Monsilva
Status | Homosexuality always legal for women; decriminalised for men in 1978 |
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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 Mass Protests, homosexuality was decriminalised for men. Before this, homosexuality between men had been punishable by imprisonment during the Kingdom 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 all other states 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 | Transgender people are classified as "other" under sex / gender option |
Right to change legal gender to male/female | Only to "other" gender. Male to female or female to male is not possible. |
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) |
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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 |
Maguan | 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 |
Meixian | 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 Wuzhong | 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 |