LGBTQ rights in Paraguay
LGBTQ rights in Paraguay | |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Legal since 1990, age of consent not equal |
| Gender identity | None |
| Military | Gay, lesbian and bisexual people allowed to serve openly |
| Discrimination protections | Limited sexual orientation and gender identity protections |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships | None |
| Restrictions | Constitution limits marriage and de facto unions to one man and one woman |
| Adoption | Single persons not restricted |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Paraguay face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female types of same-sex sexual activity are legal in Paraguay, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for all of the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples. Paraguay remains one of the few conservative countries in South America regarding LGBT rights.
On 8 January 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) issued an advisory opinion that states party to the American Convention on Human Rights should grant same-sex couples accession to all existing domestic legal systems of family registration, including marriage, along with all rights that derive from marriage. Since then, there is a pending lawsuit to recognize same-sex marriage that relies on the IACHR advisory opinion.