Dependency

On 11 July 2006, the age of consent was equalised at 16 years [R1.2]

Sexual Offences 1992 (amended 11 July 2006) [L1.1].

Section 9 Unnatural Offences –

(1) A person ("A") who commits buggery with another person ("B") –

(a) where A has attained the age of 16 and B is under the age of 16, or

(b) elsewhere than in private, shall be guilty of an offence;

Dependency

On 06 April 2011, the new Civil Partnership legislation was officially introduced, affording people in a same sex relationship the same rights as a married couple, with the same rights regarding pensions, tax and inheritance [R1.4].

On 15 March 2011, the Civil Partnership Bill was given Royal Assent in Tynwald meaning it can now be introduced into Manx Law. Same sex couples will now be able to have a civil partnership when it's officially introduced on April 6th [R1.3].

UK civil partnerships are recognised on the Isle of Man [R1.2].

In February 2010, the House of Keys was expected to debate whether to introduce civil partnerships for gay couples on the island [R1.1].

Dependency

In April 2009, a Gender Recognition bill designed to protect trans people on the Isle of Man has received unanimous backing on its third and final reading at the Legislative Council. It is now being sent for Royal Assent [R1.2].

In March 2009, the Gender Recognition bill was introduced to conform to the latest European Court of Human Rights rulings and to bring the Isle of Man in line with the rest of the UK [R1.1].

National

Consensual sex between same-sex couples was decriminalised in 1992 [R1.1]

Dependency

On 06 April 2011, amendment to the Civil Partnership Act 2011 gave same-sex and unmarried couples the same rights to adopt children [R1.1].