2023 has been a historic year in the fight for LGBT2SQIA+ rights, from giant steps backward with antiquated anti-LGBTQ laws to incredible progress with a rapid increase in the legalization of same-sex marriage and everything in between. Below are the positives for LGBT2SQIA+ rights that have occurred around the world this year:
1. Same-sex marriage became officially legal in Slovenia.
2. Finland passed legislation allowing people to change their gender without needing to be sterilized first.
3. Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal allowed individuals to change the gender on their IDs without undergoing sex reassignment surgery first.
4. Same-sex marriage legalization came into force in Curaçao.
5. Spain passed the ley trans, allowing individuals 16 or older to change their gender without surgery and individuals between the ages of 12 and 16 to change their genders under certain conditions.
6. Legal same-sex marriage went into force in Andorra.
7. A South Korean High Court recognized the legal status of same-sex couples for the first time in the nation's history.
8. Kenya's Supreme Court ruled that LGBT2SQIA+ groups have a right to assemble and express themselves in the country.
9. The Cook Islands decriminalized same-sex sexual intercourse.
10. Nepal's Supreme Court allowed for the registration of same-sex marriages.
11. Cyprus criminalized the practice of conversion therapy.
12. Taiwan passed a bill granting full adoption rights to same-sex couples.
13. Iceland passed legislation criminalizing conversion therapy.
14. Estonia passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage; the legislation will come into effect on January 1st of 2024.
15. Bulgaria passed legislation protecting gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals from hate crimes.
16. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that hate crime laws apply to LGBT2SQIA+ people.
17. Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal ruled that the government's lack of recognition for same-sex couples violated the right to privacy.
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