Argentina

Argentina is progressive on LGBTIQ issues and champions the human rights of LGBTIQ people globally. Same-sex marriage and same-sex couple adoption were legalized in 2010. Argentina has several local laws protecting people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Hate crime legislation recognizes grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression as aggravating circumstances. In 2012, the Gender Identity Law passed, making legal gender recognition more accessible and establishing public funding for gender-affirming procedures, In 2021, Argentina introduced a nonbinary gender marker on official documents and established a 1% quota for public sector jobs for transgender people to address economic marginalization. While Argentina is a largely secular nation, there is a small contingent of religious leaders and politicians who disparage LGBTIQ people as a threat to “family values.” Argentina has many prominent LGBTIQ public figures, although LGBTIQ people are underrepresented in positions of power in politics and business. In May 2022, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry appointed its first-ever Special Representative on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.