LGBTQ rights in the Federal District

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in Federal District, Brazil enjoy many of the same legal protections available to non-LGBTQ people. Homosexuality is legal in the state.

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Same-sex unions

On 1 December 2012, the Court of Public Registers of the Brazilian Federal District (DF), ruled that, effective immediately, same-sex marriage licenses should be granted without a judge's intervention. [1]

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil ruled on 1 March 2018, that a transgender person has the right to change their official name and sex without the need of surgery or professional evaluation, just by self-declaration of their psychosocial identity. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Soraya Sobreira (1 December 2012). "Para a lei, já não há mais diferença" [For the law, there is no difference any more]. Journal de Brasilia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dia da Visibilidade Trans: decisões do STF garantem direitos de travestis e transexuais". Supreme Federal Court (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 29, 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  3. ↑ "TJDFT: Justiça autoriza mudança de nome e de sexo de transexual" [TJFDT: Justice authorizes change of name and sex of transsexual] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2013-04-19.


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