LGBT rights in Gibraltar

LGBT rights in Gibraltar
LGBT rights in Gibraltar
	Location of Gibraltar (dark green) – in Europe (light green & dark grey); – in the European Union (light green) – [Legend]
Status	Legal since 1993,; age of consent equal since 2012
Gender identity	Transgender persons not allowed to change legal gender
Military	LGBT people allowed to serve openly
Discrimination protections	Protections for sexual orientation and "gender reassignment" since 2007
Family rights
Recognition of relationships	Civil partnerships since 2014;; Same-sex marriage since 2016
Adoption	Same-sex couples allowed to adopt since 2014

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights have evolved significantly in the past decades in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1993 and the age of consent was equalised to 16 in 2012. The Supreme Court of Gibraltar ruled in April 2013 that same-sex couples have the right to adopt. Civil partnerships have been available to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples since March 2014, and in October 2016, Gibraltar voted to legalise same-sex marriage with the Civil Marriage Amendment Act 2016 passing unanimously in Parliament. The law received royal assent on 1 November and took effect on 15 December 2016.

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