LGBT rights in Argentina
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| Same-sex sexual activity legal? | Legal since 1887 |
| Gender identity/expression | Right to change legal gender since 2012 |
| Military service | Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly |
| Discrimination protections | Sexual orientation protections in Buenos Aires and Rosario (see below) |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships |
Same-sex marriage since 2010 |
| Adoption | Full adoption rights since 2010 |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Argentina are among the most advanced in the world. Upon legalising same-sex marriage on 15 July 2010, Argentina became the first country in Latin America, the second in the Americas, and the tenth in the world to do so. The country also allows bisexual and gay men to donate blood and, in 2016, agreed to join the Global Equality Fund.
The country also "has one of the world's most comprehensive transgender rights laws": its Gender Identity Law, passed in 2012, made Argentina the "only country that allows people to change their gender identities without facing barriers such as hormone therapy, surgery or psychiatric diagnosis that labels them as having an abnormality". Because of the law, as well as the creation of alternative schools and the first transgender community centre in Latin America, BBC Mundo reported in 2014 that "Argentina leads the trans revolution in the world." In 2015, the World Health Organization cited Argentina as an exemplary country for providing transgender rights.
In Pew Research Center's 2013 Global Attitudes Survey, Argentina was the Latin American country with the most positive societal attitudes towards homosexuality, with about three-quarters (74%) of those surveyed saying it should be accepted. The country's capital and largest city, Buenos Aires, has become an important recipient of LGBT tourism and has been described as "Latin America's gay capital".
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