LGBTQ rights in Gibraltar

LGBTQ rights in Gibraltar
Location of Gibraltar (dark green) – in Europe (light green & dark grey) – in the European Union (light green) – [Legend]
Legal 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

Timeline

342	MSM activity made illegal
1533	Death penalty introduced for MSM activity
1543	Buggery Act extended to Wales
1828	Offences Against the Person Act 1828
1835	James Pratt and John Smith executed
1861	Death penalty for buggery abolished
1885	Labouchere Amendment introduced
1889	Cleveland Street scandal
1895	Oscar Wilde found guilty of gross indecency
1912	The Cave of the Golden Calf opens
1921	Plans to make lesbian activity illegal defeated
1936	Mark Weston transitions
1952	John Nott-Bower begins crackdown
1954	Pitt-Rivers, Montagu, Wildeblood imprisoned
1954	Alan Turing commits suicide
1957	Wolfenden report released
1967	MSM activity made legal (England & Wales)
1972	First British Gay Pride Rally
1976	Jeremy Thorpe resigns as Liberal leader
1981	MSM activity made legal (Scotland)
1981	First case of AIDS reported in the UK
1982	MSM activity made legal (NI)
1983	Gay men barred from donating blood
1984	Chris Smith elected as first openly gay MP
1987	Operation Spanner begins
1988	Section 28 comes into force
1989	Stonewall UK forms
1994	Age of consent for MSM becomes 18
1997	Angela Eagle becomes first openly lesbian MP
1998	Bolton 7 found guilty
1998	Lord Alli becomes first openly gay Lord
1999	Admiral Duncan bombing
2000	Gay men allowed in HM Armed Forces
2001	Age of consent equalised to 16
2001	MSM activity involving multiple men legal
2002	Same sex couples granted equal rights to adopt
2003	Section 28 repealed
2004	Civil partnerships introduced
2004	Gender Recognition Act 2004
2006	Discrimination made illegal
2008	Equalised access to IVF for lesbian couples
2008	Incitement to homophobic hatred made a crime
2009	Public apology to Alan Turing
2010	Equality Act 2010
2011	Gay men allowed to donate blood (1 yr deferral)
2013	Nikki Sinclaire becomes first openly trans MEP
2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
2014	First same-sex marriages take place
2016	MSM activity not grounds for military discharge
2017	Turing law implemented
2017	Blood donation deferral 3 months (excl. NI)
2019	MPs legislate for gay marriage in NI
2020	Gay marriage legal across UK, incl. NI
2020	Blood donation deferral 3 months (incl. NI)
2021	Blood donation deferral equalised

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights within the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have evolved significantly in the past decades. 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.