South Korea provides no anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, nor does it prohibit hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity. While male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in South Korea, marriage or other forms of legal partnership are not available to same-sex partners.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) people in South Korea face legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non- LGBT individuals.
All male citizens are conscripted into service and subject to military's policies regarding homosexuality People who identify as transgender are allowed to change legal sex
