LGBTQ rights in New South Wales | |
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Status | Always legal for women; legal for men since 1984; equal age of consent since 2003 |
Gender identity | Sexual reassignment surgery required for a new birth certificate since 1996 |
Discrimination protections | Yes, in NSW since 1983; federally since 2013 |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage since 2017; domestic partnerships since 2010; recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions since 2014 |
Adoption | Yes, since 2010 |
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the Australian state of New South Wales have most of the same rights and responsibilities as non-LGBT people.