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By the start of the decade, the LGBTQ+ community had mobilized to demand better healthcare, research funding, and public awareness. Gender identity was not protected and no other protections were provided to sexual orientation.

  • LGBT employment discrimination becomes sexual orientation only.
    In 1997, sexual orientation became a protected characteristic in Christmas Island from employment discrimination under federal Australian law.

    Female homosexuality has never been illegal. There were no state laws that considered homosexuality a "corruption of minors" in Tabasco.

  • Censorship of LGBT issues becomes no censorship.
    In Hidalgo, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics since the removal of homosexuality from Mexico's federal "corruption of minors" law.

    HRW has noted concerns on freedom of expression in Cuba which could potentially affect LGBT rights activists.

  • Gender-affirming care becomes legal, but restricted for minors.
    The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN) allows Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for those aged 15 and over with parental consent.

    The state then furthered this by passing a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in November of 2004. There were no state laws that considered homosexuality a "corruption of minors" in Veracruz.

  • Censorship of LGBT issues becomes no censorship.
    In Oaxaca, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics since the removal of homosexuality from Mexico's federal "corruption of minors" law.

    Law No.54 guarantees the constitutional right to freedom of association. Glendening, Baltimore Circuit Court. To be eligible, patients must be diagnosed with gender dysphoria by two physicians licensed in Alberta. This article explores the key developments, struggles, and milestones of homosexuality in the 1990s.

    The Global Social Climate

    The 90s witnessed a gradual shift in societal attitudes toward homosexuality.

  • Gender-affirming care becomes legal.
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    Sundquist. (Penal Code, Art 512)

  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Article 516 of the code which criminalizes homosexual activity (from 4-8 years imprisonment) was repealed in 1997.
  • Right to change legal gender becomes legal, but requires surgery.
    In 1997, transgender individuals were granted the ability to change their gender on identification documents after providing a certificate from a health institution confirming the required diagnosis and surgical procedures.
  • Censorship of LGBT issues becomes no censorship.
    In Venezuela, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics since the Supreme Court declared the Law of Vagrants and Criminals, which was frequently used to harass LGBTIQ+ people, unconstitutional in 1997.
  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Since October 1997 homosexual relationships are not criminalised in Kyrgyzstan.
  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    China’s current Penal Code (1997) contains no explicit prohibition of consensual sexual acts between persons of the same sex and all previous laws against homosexual sex have been removed.
  • Same-sex marriage becomes unrecognized.
    The "REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES Act, 1996" (taking effect the next September) does not define marriage as heterosexual.
  • LGBT discrimination becomes illegal in some contexts.
    Section 38 (2) in the Constitution of Fiji (1997) prohibited discrimination towards sexual orientation, and other grounds.

    A stable de facto union between a man and a woman which meets the requirements established by law shall have the same effects as marriage.» Efforts to legalize marriage equality or civil unions in the legislatures have come and gone, with symbolic marriages being recognized in one city. . Until 1998, Venezuela was among the first countries to legally recognise trans people but all means of recognition ended under the new constitution under Hugo Chavez.

  • Equal age of consent becomes equal.
    The age of consent started being equal when homosexuality was legalized
  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Homosexuality in Zhambyl Oblysy is legal since it was legalized countrywide in 1998
  • Same-sex adoption becomes single only.
    Single LGBT individuals may adopt children, but same-sex couples may not adopt jointly or by way of second parent adoption.
  • LGBT housing discrimination becomes sexual orientation only.
    This state explicitly bans housing discrimination based upon sexual orientation only.

    While it would take another 20 years or so for those rights to be realized, the 90's were a time when gay rights began to be on the forefront of political conversations.

    In 1993, the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy was instituted within the U.S. military, and permitted gays to serve in the military but banned homosexual activity.

    Additionally, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity. However, gender identity remained unprotected until 2015.

  • LGBT employment discrimination becomes sexual orientation only.
    In 1998, Buenos Aires City became the first region of Argentina to provide protections from discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation.