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2024 in LGBTQ rights

Overview of the events of 2024 in LGBTQ rights From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights that took place in the year 2024.

Events

January

February

March

April

  • 12 – Germany's parliament passes a law easing legal procedures for changing names and gender identity by a vote of 374 to 251.[11]
  • 17 – Sweden's parliament passes s law lowering the minimum age to legally change gender from 18 to 16 by a vote of 234 to 94.[12]
  • 19 – Czech Republic, same-sex partnerships get more rights in income taxes, social security and stepchild adoptions. The reform comes into effect on 1 January 2025.[13]
  • 23 – Dominica's High Court issued a ruling decriminalizing homosexual acts.[14][15]
  • 27 – Iraq's parliament votes to criminalize same-sex relationships, to be punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison.[16][17][18]

May

June

July

August

  • 7 – The Bulgarian National Assembly votes in favor of a legislative amendment banning the teaching of LGBTQ related topics in schools.[34]
  • 28 – India's Ministry of Finance issued an advisory declaring that persons from the LGBTQ community face no restrictions in opening joint bank accounts or nominating their partners as beneficiaries.[35]

September

October

November

  • 30 - Honduras - Blood donations by MSMs becomes legal. Executive Agreement 002-2024 struck down the ban on LGBTQ+ blood donations in Honduras.[41]

December

  • 3 – The Alberta legislature passes 3 bills regarding transgender individuals. One banning doctors from treating minors under 16 with puberty blockers or hormone therapy, one banning transgender athletes from competing in female sports, and another one requiring children under 16 to have parental consent if they want to change their names or pronouns at school.[42][43][44]
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