This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2022.
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January
- 1 – In Switzerland, a law allowing simple gender change without a sex reassignment surgery goes into effect.[1]
- 7 – In Canada, a ban on conversion therapy goes into effect.[2][3]
- 10 – In Greece, the 45-year total ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men is eliminated. No deferral period is required for donation.[4]
- 11 – In Israel, a court ruling legalizing commercial surrogacy for gay male couples goes into effect after The Knesset fails to take action in the allotted six-month time period.[5][6]
- 22 – In India, the State Government of Tamil Nadu amended the States' Subordinate Police Officers' Conduct Rules, explicitly prohibiting police officers from harassing the LGBTQIA+ community and individuals working for their welfare, making it the first Indian state to enforce penalties against police officers for such actions.[7]
October
- 1 – In Latvia, the first civil unions for same-sex couples were allowed by Latvian courts.[33]
- 4 – Slovenia legalises same-sex marriage. The parliamentary vote came after a supreme-court decision from July 8, which declared it a constitutional right.[34]
- 11 - On 11 October 2022, the Congress of the State of Mexico voted 49-12 with six abstentions to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and concubinage in State of Mexico.[35][36] It was published on 1 November 2022, and took effect the next day.[37]
- 19/27 - A same-sex marriage bill was introduced to Congress of Mexican state Tabasco on 12 October 2022 by Deputy José de Jesús Hernández Díaz (MORENA). It was approved by a Congress committee on 17 October with 4 votes in favour and 2 abstentions,[38] and a final vote was scheduled for Wednesday, 19 October. Congress passed the bill on 19 October by 23 votes to 5 with seven abstentions.[39] The law was signed by Governor Carlos Manuel Merino Campos, and published in the official state journal on 26 October, taking effect the next day.[32]
- 26 – Same-sex marriage is legalised in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.[40]
December
- In Russia, a bill making it a crime to spread "gay propaganda" to anyone, regardless of age, was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin.
- 8 - The United States House of Representatives approved the United States Senate's amendment to the Respect for Marriage Act with 258 votes in favor, 169 against and 1 abstention.[44]
- 12 - Barbados legalized same-sex acts by a high court decision.[45]
- 13 - United States President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, officially codifying into federal law the right to marriage for same-sex couples.[46]
- 22
- The Scottish Parliament passed with 86 votes in favor and 39 against the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which allows all transgender people 16 or older to legally change their gender by simply signing a declaration, without the need for prior psychological counseling with a therapist.[47]
- Spain's Congress of Deputies, with 180 votes in favor and 150 against, passed the so-called ley trans, a bill which allows all transgender people 16 or older to legally change their gender by simply signing a declaration, without the need for prior psychological counseling with a therapist, and transgender people aged 12 to 16 to legally change their gender under certain conditions.[48]