LGBTQ rights in the U.S. Virgin Islands | |
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Status | Legal since 1985 |
Gender identity | Unknown |
Military | Yes |
Discrimination protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity since 2022[1] |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage since 2015 |
Adoption | Yes |
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights have evolved substantially in recent years. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1985. The region also provides explicit legal protections against discrimination for LGBTQ residents since December 2022. Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, which found the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples unconstitutional, same-sex marriage became legal in the islands.