LGBT rights in Alagoas
Appearance
LGBT rights in Alagoas | |
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Status | Legal since 1830,[1] age of consent equalised |
Gender identity | Gender change allowed,[2] official standard for altering legal sex doesn't require surgery since 2018 |
Military | Allowed to serve openly[3] |
Discrimination protections | Yes, since 2019 |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage since 2011[4][5] |
Adoption | Legal since 2010[6] |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Alagoas, Brazil enjoy many of the same legal protections available to non-LGBT people. Homosexuality is legal in the state.
Recognition of same-sex unions
[edit]On December 7, 2011, the Court of Alagoas legalized same-sex marriage throughout the state of Alagoas, being the first to do so. Now, same-sex couples don't need to have judge's approval to have a marriage license.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ 16 December 1830 Law (in Portuguese)
- ^ Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil (in Portuguese)
- ^ Gays and Lesbians allowed to serve openly in the Brazilian Military Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Portal CNJ - CNJ determina que cartórios terão de reconhecer união de pessoas do mesmo sexo". Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ^ "Brazilian judicial council orders notaries to recognize same-sex marriage". CNN. May 15, 2013.
- ^ Adoption of same-sex unions in Brazil (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Alagoas regulamenta o casamento civil entre gays em todos os cartórios do estado - Brasil em Política no A Capa". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2012-12-22.