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|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1994<ref name="ILGA 2013"/> <br> (as part of Yugoslavia) |
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|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Anyone can enter into marriage based on free will.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constitution of Kosovo; discrimination|url=http://www.kushtetutakosoves.info/?cid=2,250}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Article 37: Based on free will, everyone enjoys the right to marry and the right to have a family as provided by law.|url=http://www.kryeministri-ks.net/repository/docs/Constitution1Kosovo.pdf|website=Constitution of Kosovo/Kushtetuta e Kosoves}}</ref><br>[[Image:X mark.svg|15px]] Legal ''de jure'', not practiced ''de facto''. |
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European Union
European Union member states are indicated with the EU flag in regional European sub-divisions.
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See: LGBT rights in the European Union European Union law forbids discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. All EU states are required to legalise same-sex sexual activity and implement anti-discrimination laws.[1][2] |
Central Europe
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![]() Never punished (Legal until 18th century, criminalized in 19th by laws of Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, legal again since 1932) (Illegal from 1939-1944/1945 under annexation of Nazi Germany) |
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![]() Previously legal from 1864 to 1968 |
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Eastern Europe
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Civil union | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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![]() (Previously legal from 1917 to 1930) |
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Northern Europe
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Civil union | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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![]() Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples since 2006 |
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![]() Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples since 1992 |
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Southern Europe
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Civil union | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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![]() ![]() (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) |
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Western Europe
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Civil union | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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![]() (Illegal in Alsace-Lorraine from 1871–1918 and 1940-1944/1945 under annexation of Imperial and Nazi Germany and illegal in Nord and Pas-de-Calais from 1944-1945 as part of Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nordfrankreich) |
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Partially or unrecognised states
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References
- ^ Perspective: what has the EU done for LGBT rights?, Café Babel, 17 May 2010
- ^ What is the current legal situation in the EU?, ILGA Europe
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ Template:Hr icon "Zakon o suzbijanju diskriminacije". Narodne-novine.nn.hr. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Rainbow Europe Country Index
- ^ The Constitution of the Republic of Poland
- ^ see for example: T. Smyczynski, Prawo rodzinne i opiekuńcze, C.H. Beck 2005
- ^ Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the EU Member States Part II: The Social Situation
- ^ Law change criminalises homophobia
- ^ "Confronting Homophobia in Europe" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Map shows how Europe forces trans people to be sterilized
- ^ Template:De icon 13.468 – Parlamentarische Initiative - Ehe für alle
- ^ Switzerland: a law will open some adoption rights to homosexuals, dot429.com, Retrieved 29 March 2014
- ^ Template:Fr icon Avis de droit OFEC: Transsexualisme, Federal Department of Justice and Police, retrieved on 9 May 2013
- ^ "Armenia: Gays live with threats of violence, abuse". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ "Belarus: Attitude towards homosexuals and lesbians in Belarus; state protection available to non-heterosexuals in Belarus with special attention to Minsk (2000-2005)". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 17 January 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Comment: With all eyes on anti-gay Russia, there are three countries with a shocking need for coverage
- ^ "Дискриминация гомосексуалов в Украине запрещена по решению Высшего специализированного суда" (in Russian).
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value (help) - ^ Denmark changes sex change laws
- ^ Gender-Neutral Cohabitation Bill Submitted to Parliament
- ^ Template:Et icon Kooseluseadus
- ^ Template:Et icon Perekonnaseadus § 75
- ^ Template:Fi icon Ihmisoikeudet kuuluvat myös transsukupuolisille
- ^ Template:Lv icon Cik viegli pārvērsties no Ievas par Ādamu?
- ^ Template:Lt icon Lietuvos Respublikos Civilinis kodeksas (Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania
- ^ Template:No icon "Norwegian Penal code, Straffeloven, section 135a". Lovdata.
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at position 35 (help) - ^ Template:It icon "Legge 14 Aprile 1982, n. 164 (GU n. 106 del 19/04/1982) Norme in Materia di Rettificazione di Attribuzione di Sesso". Archived from the original on 23 May 2007.
- ^ Template:Es icon Ley 3/2007, de 15 de marzo, reguladora de la rectificación registral de la mención relativa al sexo de las personas
- ^ Sexual Offences (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2011
- ^ Homosexual Offenses and Human Rights in Guernsey
- ^ a b "The Prevention of Discrimination (Enabling Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2004". Guernsey Legal Resources. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ In the case of X 2007
- ^ "Employment Equality Act, 1998". Irishstatutebook.ie. 18 June 1998. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ "Equal Status Act, 2000". Irishstatutebook.ie. 26 April 2000. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act, 1989 - Irish Statute Book
- ^ GENDER RECOGNITION (JERSEY) LAW 2010
- ^ Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4)
- ^ "Constitution of Kosovo; discrimination".
- ^ "Article 37: Based on free will, everyone enjoys the right to marry and the right to have a family as provided by law" (PDF). Constitution of Kosovo/Kushtetuta e Kosoves.
- ^ "Constitution of Kosovo; discrimination".
- ^ a b c Northern Cyprus Decriminalizes Homosexuality and Protects LGBTs Against Hate Speech
- ^ a b c Template:Tr icon Kuzey Kıbrıs’ın “Eşcinsellik Suçu” Yasası Tarihe Karıştı!