LGBT rights in Akrotiri and Dhekelia

LGBT rights in Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Location of LGBT rights in Akrotiri and Dhekelia (red) in Europe (grey) – [Legend]
Same-sex sexual activity legal?	Legal since 2000^[1] age of consent equalized in 2003
Military service	Legal since 2000^[1]
Discrimination protections	Yes
Family rights
Recognition of relationships	Yes
Adoption	-

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Akrotiri and Dhekelia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

Law regarding same-sex sexual activity

Same-sex sexual activities was legalised in Akrotiri and Dhekelia in 2000. In 2003, the age of consent was equalised for same-sex sexual activities.^[1]

Same-sex relationship recognition

Main article: Same-sex marriage in Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Akrotiri and Dhekelia have both same-sex marriage and civil partnerships available under Order in Council of the UK since 3 June 2014 and 7 December 2005, respectively.^[2]^[3] A male same-sex couple were married in Dhekelia on 9 October 2016.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Discrimination protections

The territory prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment since 1 March 2013.^[7] Since 1 February 2016, the local Criminal Code criminalises incitement to violence on the ground of sexual orientation.^[8]

Summary table

	Yes/No
Same-sex sexual activity legal	(Since 2000)
Equal age of consent	(Since 2003)
Anti-discrimination laws in employment only	(Since 2013)
Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services	(Since 2016)
Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech)	(Since 2016)
Same-sex marriage	(Since 2014)
Recognition of same-sex couples	(Since 2005)
Step-child adoption by same-sex couples
Joint adoption by same-sex couples
Access to IVF for lesbians and automatic parenthood for both spouses after birth
Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples
Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military	(Since 2000)
Right to change legal gender
Homosexuality declassified as an illness
Transsexuality declassified as an illness
MSMs allowed to donate blood

References

1 2 3 STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA
↑ Overseas Marriage (Armed Forces) Order 2014 (PDF)
↑ Civil Partnership (Armed Forces) Order 2005 (PDF)
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↑ "Same-sex marriage first for Army sergeant on Cyprus". BT.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
↑ Employment (Equality) Ordinance 2013
↑ Criminal Code (Amendment) Ordinance 2016

LGBT rights in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

LGBT rights in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

Other entities	European Union

LGBT unions and rights in the territories of the United Kingdom

Timeline

Same-sex
marriage

United Kingdom	Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom

Crown dependencies	Isle of Man Bailliwick of Guernsey Bailliwick of Jersey

British Overseas Territories	Existing in Akrotiri and Dhekelia British Antarctic Territory Pitcairn Islands Considered in Gibraltar Bermuda Falkland Islands Illegal in Cayman Islands (foreign same-sex marriage recognised for immigration purposes) Turks and Caicos Islands British Virgin Islands Anguilla Montserrat Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha See more: Recognition of same-sex unions in the British Overseas Territories

Same-sex
unions

United Kingdom	Civil partnership in the United Kingdom

Crown dependencies	Recognition of same-sex unions in the Isle of Man Bailliwick of Guernsey Bailliwick of Jersey

British Overseas Territories	Existing in Gibraltar No union in Pitcairn Islands Bermuda Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands British Virgin Islands Anguilla Montserrat Falkland Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Same-sex marriages
or unions irrelevant in

LGBT rights

United Kingdom	LGBT rights in the United Kingdom ( LGBT rights in Scotland )

Crown dependencies	Isle of Man Bailliwick of Guernsey Bailliwick of Jersey

British Overseas Territories	LGBT rights in Gibraltar Akrotiri and Dhekelia Bermuda Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands British Virgin Islands Anguilla Montserrat Falkland Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory Pitcain Islands

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