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Overview of the events of 2017 in LGBT rights
This is a list of notable events in the history of
LGBT rights that took place in the year 2017.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
1 - Same-sex marriage becomes legal in
Malta .
[57] A bill for legalisation was passed by the
Parliament on 12 July 2017 and signed by the
President on 1 August.
[58]
29 - The
Botswana High Court rules that a transgender man has a constitutional right to change his listed gender with the Registrar of National Registration.
[59]
[60]
October
November
December
5 - The Constitutional Court of
Austria strikes down the ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. Same-sex marriage is set to become legal in the country on 1 January 2019.
[67]
[68]
7 - Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in
Australia .
[69]
11 - Despite president
Donald Trump 's opposition, a
federal judge rules that transgender people will be allowed to enlist in the United States military from 1 January 2018.
[70]
12 - The Trump administration turns to the
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals , requesting to stop transgender enlistment in the United States military.
[71]
18 - The
Botswana high court ruled that a transgender woman should be allowed to change her registered gender, mirroring a similar case in September.
[72] On the same day, the government of Botswana decides not to appeal the September court ruling, and issues the transgender man in that case a new identity document.
[73]
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