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LGBT rights in the Federal District (Brazil)

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LGBT rights in the Federal District (Brazil)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Federal District, Brazil enjoy many of the same legal protections available to non-LGBT people. Homosexuality is legal in the state.

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Same-sex unions

On 1 December 2012, the Court of Public Registers of the Brazilian Federal District (DF), ruled that, effective immediately, same-sex marriage licenses should be granted without a judge's intervention.

Changing one's name and sex is legal in the Federal District.

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LGBT rights in the Federal District (Brazil) Wikipedia