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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 legal 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
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
- ↑ 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.
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