LGBT rights in Steve

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Since Steve considers himself male, technically all romantic and sexual activity he acts out between his bodies is homosexual, or really autosexual. He does not consider this to conflict with the fact that he does usually use roughly half of his bodies - mostly, but not entirely, the biologically female population - to perform female behavior. The occurrence of actual sexual behavior between any pair of Steve bodies is, however, significantly rarer in general than in mentally distinct human populations.

For visitors in Steve lands, the issue of LGBT rights naturally falls into two different categories: Relations between mentally distinct humans and Steve, and relations between different mentally distinct humans within Steve territory. The former, as with between Steve bodies, is strictly considered homosexual or heterosexual based on whether, respectively, the other person considers themselves male or female - regardless of their biology or that of the Steve body involved. As for relations between visitors, he's learned to not be too creepy about asking to watch.

Specific information on LGBT rights for visitors in Steve lands has been gathered based on observation and informal statements:

Same-sex sexual activity legal Yes
Gender expression Yes
Age of consent
  • 18 (between Steve and visitors; No visitor has ever reported sexual advances from Steve below this age, or from any Steve body appearing below this age. What he does with younger bodies of his own in private is unknown.
  • 16 (between visitors; punishments for violation include, depending on severity, fines, partial neural reprogramming, exile, and involuntary assimilation).
Anti-discrimination laws in employment No Steve himself has not been observed to discriminate based on gender identity when employing visitors, but discrimination based on gender identity within Steve lands is not itself punished by him.
Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services No Steve himself has not been observed to discriminate based on gender identity when employing visitors, but discrimination based on gender identity within Steve lands is not itself punished by him.
Conversion therapy No Has not been observed. Steve does, however, favor the therapy of conversion to Steve.
Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) No Not specifically managed by Steve.
Same-sex marriage Yes
Recognition of same-sex unions Yes
Joint and step-child adoption by same-sex couples Yes
Gay people allowed to serve openly in the military No No Visitor military service.
Right to change legal gender Yes
Access to IVF for lesbians Yes
MSMs allowed to donate blood No No blood donation. Steve medicine uses synthetic blood.
Third gender Yes
Surrogacy Yes