LGBT rights in Alagoas

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.

LGBT rights in Alagoas
StatusLegal since 1830,[1] age of consent equalised
Gender identityGender change allowed,[2] official standard for altering legal sex doesn't require surgery since 2018
MilitaryAllowed to serve openly[3]
Discrimination protectionsYes, since 2019
Family rights
Recognition of relationshipsSame-sex marriage legal since 2012[4][5]
AdoptionLegal since 2010[6]

Recognition of same-sex unions
Main article: Same-sex marriage in Alagoas

On January 6, 2012, 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
  1. 16 December 1830 Law (in Portuguese)
  2. Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil (in Portuguese)
  3. Gays and Lesbians allowed to serve openly in the Brazilian Military Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Brazilian judicial council orders notaries to recognize same-sex marriage". CNN. May 15, 2013.
  6. Adoption of same-sex unions in Brazil (in Portuguese)
  7. "Alagoas regulamenta o casamento civil entre gays em todos os cartórios do estado - Brasil em Política no A Capa". Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-12-22.


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