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AUSTRALIA

Male to Male relationships: Legal
Punishments for male to male relationships: No law
Female to Female Relationships: Legal
Age of consent: Equal for heterosexuals and homosexuals
Marriage and Substitutes for Marriage: Marriage laws vary in this country depending on area
Adoption: Only in some areas
Is it possible to change your gender on official documents?: Yes
Gay or lesbian able to serve in the armed forces: Yes

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Are you LGBTI? We want to hear from you! Help us inform other users of the site with your views on this country. Below is a random question about this country. If it is relevant to you please answer it.

Have people in AUSTRALIA assumed your HIV/AIDS status because of your sexual orientation?

The majority of people visiting this site have said Yes, people think I have AIDS because I am gay

Yes, people think I have AIDS because I am gay (66%) Yes, the government thinks sexual orientation and HIV or AIDS status is the same (0 %) Yes (0 %) No (33%)

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Sonja (user currently living in AUSTRALIA) posted for gay lesbian transgender readers on 24/02/2012 tagged with teaching lgbt rights in schools, lgbt families, hate crime and violence prevention, hiv/aids , gender identity, human rights, sexual orientation, religion, marriage / civil unions, illegality of female to female relationships
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Sonja (user currently living in AUSTRALIA) posted for gay lesbian transgender readers on 24/02/2012 tagged with teaching lgbt rights in schools, lgbt families, hate crime and violence prevention, hiv/aids , gender identity, human rights, sexual orientation, religion, marriage / civil unions, illegality of female to female relationships
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