LGBTQ rights in Jersey

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) rights in the British Crown dependency of Jersey have evolved significantly since the early 1990s.

The status of LGBT rights is similar to that of the United Kingdom and the other two Crown dependencies (the Isle of Man and Guernsey).

Jersey organised its first public LGBT event in July 2014, when hundreds of participants gathered in Saint Helier to call for the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

[3] In May 2024, it was formally announced that a pardon scheme would be established to remove gay sex sexual offences (prior to 1990) in regarding to Jersey - on an individuals criminal record.

[23] In December 2023, legislation was introduced to formally recognize children of same-sex couples by parentage from IVF and surrogacy to the Jersey Assembly - a legal first for the Channel Islands.

[24] The legislation would meet compliance and obligations based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The law was passed unanimously by the Assembly in March 2024, and was due to be brought into effect with all regulations by the end of that year.

[26] Gay and bisexual men have been allowed to donate blood, provided they haven't had sex in a year, since 2011.

[31] In June 2021, it is proposed that the Channel Islands will be implementing the "UK-model on risk based assessments" of blood donation.