LGBT rights in the Federal District (Brazil)

Recognition of same-sex unions in South America

  Marriage

  Other type of partnership

  Unrecognized or unknown

  Same-sex marriage banned

  Same-sex sexual activity illegal

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Federal District, Brazil enjoy many of the same legal protections available to non-LGBT people. Homosexuality is legal in the state.

Same-sex unions

On 1 December 2012, the Court of Public Registers of the Brazilian Federal District (DF), ruled that, effective immediately, same-sex marriage licenses should be granted without a judge's intervention.^[1]

Legal recognition and funding for sex change operations

Changing one's name and sex is legal in the Federal District.^[2]

References

1. Soraya Sobreira (1 December 2012). "Para a lei, já não há mais diferença [English: For the law, there is no difference anymore]". Journal de Brasilia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2013.
2. "TJFDT: Justice authorizes change of name and sex of transsexual (TJDFT: Justiça autoriza mudança de nome e de sexo de transexual)".