30 - The
Church of Norway votes to allow same-sex couples to have religious weddings in its churches by amending its marriage liturgy. Individual clergy members can still refuse to perform same-sex weddings, however.[10][11]
31 -
Switzerland lifts its lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men
donating blood and stem cells, replacing it with a 12-month abstinence requirement.[12][13]
13 - Malaysia's official Islamic authority openly endorses gay conversion therapy after claiming that sexual orientation can be changed through extensive training.[15]
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in
Finland with the first weddings taking place the same week.
Joint adoption becomes legal as well.[25]
A law requiring all single-occupancy bathrooms to be
gender-neutral goes into effect in
California, the first state to adopt such legislation.[26]
British Secretary of Education Justine Greening announces that Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) will be made compulsory in all English schools by 2019.[27]
The
governor of
Utah signs a bill repealing a law forbidding discussion of "promotion" or advocating of homosexuality in schools.[30][31]
Voters in the
Osage Nationtribe of northern
Oklahoma approve an amendment to the tribe's legal code to allow its judiciary to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.[32][33]
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]
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]
30 - The
Church of Norway votes to allow same-sex couples to have religious weddings in its churches by amending its marriage liturgy. Individual clergy members can still refuse to perform same-sex weddings, however.[10][11]
31 -
Switzerland lifts its lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men
donating blood and stem cells, replacing it with a 12-month abstinence requirement.[12][13]
13 - Malaysia's official Islamic authority openly endorses gay conversion therapy after claiming that sexual orientation can be changed through extensive training.[15]
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in
Finland with the first weddings taking place the same week.
Joint adoption becomes legal as well.[25]
A law requiring all single-occupancy bathrooms to be
gender-neutral goes into effect in
California, the first state to adopt such legislation.[26]
British Secretary of Education Justine Greening announces that Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) will be made compulsory in all English schools by 2019.[27]
The
governor of
Utah signs a bill repealing a law forbidding discussion of "promotion" or advocating of homosexuality in schools.[30][31]
Voters in the
Osage Nationtribe of northern
Oklahoma approve an amendment to the tribe's legal code to allow its judiciary to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.[32][33]
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]
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]