LGBTQ rights in Vietnam
LGBTQ rights in Vietnam | |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Legal |
| Gender identity | Transgender person can change legal gender after sex reassignment surgery |
| Military | Lesbian, gay and bisexual people may serve openly |
| Discrimination protections | Sexual protection in the provision of goods and services for transgender people |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships | No recognition of same-sex unions |
| Adoption | No |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Vietnam face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. From 2000, both male and female forms of same-sex sexual activity are legal and are believed to never have been criminalized in Vietnamese history. However, same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are ineligible for the legal protections available to heterosexual couples. Vietnam provides limited anti-discrimination protections for transgender people. The right to change gender was officially legalized in Vietnam after the National Assembly passed an amendment to the Civil Code in 2015.
Vietnam's first annual gay pride parade took place in Hanoi on 5 August 2012. In 2017, pride parades were held in around 34 other cities and provinces.