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LGBT rights in Pará

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Recognition of same-sex unions in South America
  Marriage
  Other type of partnership
  Country subject to IACHR advisory opinion
  Unrecognized
  Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples
  Same-sex sexual activity illegal, though penalties not enforced

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

Recognition of same-sex unions

  • On June 28, 2012, in the state of Pará, 28 same-sex couples got married in a ceremony, that took place in Belém.[1]

LGBT adoption

December 21, 2011 - the Justice of the city of Belém, Pará authorized the adoption of a two-year-old child by a lesbian couple.[2]

Laws against discrimination

Gender reassignment

References