LGBT rights in the Federal District (Brazil)
# LGBT rights in the Federal District (Brazil)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Federal District, Brazil enjoy many of the same legal protections available to non-LGBT people. Homosexuality is legal in the state.

## Same-sex unions

On 1 December 2012, the Court of Public Registers of the Brazilian Federal District (DF), ruled that, effective immediately, same-sex marriage licenses should be granted without a judge's intervention.

## Legal recognition and funding for sex change operations

Changing one's name and sex is legal in the Federal District.

