LGBTQ rights in the Northern Territory | |
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| Status | Always legal for women; legal since 1 January 1984 for men[1][2] Equal age of consent since 2003 |
| Gender identity | Change of sex marker on a birth certificate requires appropriate clinical treatment since 2018[3] |
| Discrimination protections | Yes (both federal and territory law) |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage since 2017; Unregistered de facto unions recognised by territory law since 2003 (no civil union or relationship register) |
| Adoption | Full adoption rights since 2018 |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Australia's Northern Territory have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. The liberalisation of the rights of LGBTQ people in Australia's Northern Territory has been a gradual process. Homosexual activity was legalised in 1984,[1][2] with an equal age of consent since 2003. Same-sex couples are recognised as de facto relationships. There was no local civil union or domestic partnership registration scheme before the introduction of nationwide same-sex marriage in December 2017, following the passage of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 by the Australian Parliament. The 2017 Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, designed to gauge public support for same-sex marriage in Australia, returned a 60.6% "Yes" response in the territory. LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination by both territory and federal law, though the territory's hate crime law does not explicitly cover sexual orientation or gender identity. The territory was the last jurisdiction in Australia to legally allow same-sex couples to adopt children.