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! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB allowed to serve openly in military?
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
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|{{flagicon|European Union}}[[LGBT rights in the European Union| European Union]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal in '''all''' 28 member states.<ref name="Babel">[http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/33659/day-homophobia-lithuania-european-union-summary.html Perspective: what has the EU done for LGBT rights?], Café Babel, 17 May 2010</ref>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Legal in 23/28 member states.<br/>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Legal in 14/28 member states.<br/>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Joint adoption legal in 14/28 member states.<br/> Step-child adoption legal in 18/28 member states.
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Legal in 27/28 member states.<br/>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Membership requires a state to ban anti-gay discrimination in '''employment''' only.
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal in 26/28 member states.<ref name="current">[http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/how_we_work/european_institutions/anti_discrimination_law/current_legal_situation What is the current legal situation in the EU?], ILGA Europe</ref>
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====Member States====

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! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB allowed to serve openly in military?
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[LGBT rights in Austria|Austria]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1971<ref name="ILGA>{{cite web|title=State Sponsored Homophobia 2016: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition|url=http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf|work=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]]|accessdate=19 May 2016|date=17 May 2016}}</ref><br> + UN decl. sign.
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership since 2010<ref>{{de icon}} [http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20006586 Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Eingetragene Partnerschaft-Gesetz]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal from 1 January 2019<ref>https://www.vfgh.gv.at/medien/Ehe_fuer_gleichgeschlechtliche_Paare.en.php</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Step-child adoption since 2013.<br>Joint adoption since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXV/A/A_00384/imfname_347383.pdf |format=PDF|title=Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Allgemeine Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch und das Bundesgesetz über die eingetragene Partnerschaft geändert wird|language=de |website=parlament.gv.at}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXV/A/A_00394/imfname_348155.pdf|format=PDF|title=Entschließungsantrag betreffend der Aufhebung des Adoptionsverbots für Homosexuelle|website=parlament.gv.at}}</ref><br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Bundesnormen/NOR40168340/NOR40168340.html |title=§ 144(2) ABGB (General Civil Code)|language=de |website=www.ris.bka.gv.at}}</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index">{{cite web|url=https://www.ilga-europe.org/resources/rainbow-europe/rainbow-europe-2017|title=Rainbow Europe 2017|publisher=ILGA-Europe|accessdate=19 March 2018}}</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Gender change is legal.<ref name="GSN">{{cite web|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/map-shows-how-europe-forces-trans-people-be-sterilized210513|title=Map shows how Europe forces trans people to be sterilized|work=Gay Star News}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Belgium|state}} [[LGBT rights in Belgium|Belgium]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal nationwide since 1975<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal cohabitation since 2000<ref>{{de icon}} [http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/mopdf/2000/03/02_1.pdf Gesetz zur Einführung des gesetzlichen Zusammenwohnens]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2003<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2002/1129/32577-gaymarriage/|title=Belgium to follow Holland on gay marriage |publisher=RTÉ News|date=29 November 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2003/01/31/Belgium-legalizes-gay-marriage/UPI-46741044012415/|title=Belgium legalizes gay marriage|publisher=UPI|date=31 January 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060228190805/http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?date=2003/01/30/1|title=Belgium approves same-sex marriage|publisher=PlanetOut|date=30 January 2003}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2006<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/belgium.html</ref> <br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>{{fr icon}}{{nl}} Belgian Official Gazette [http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/mopdf/2014/07/07_1.pdf#Page9 ''Loi du 5 mai 2014 portant établissement de la filiation de la coparente''], as amended by [http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/mopdf/2014/12/23_1.pdf#Page9 ''loi du 18 décembre 2014 modifiant le Code civil, le code de droit international privé, le Code consulaire, la loi du 5 mai 2014 portant établissement de la filiation de la coparente et la loi du 8 mai 2014 modifiant le Code civil en vue d’instaurer l’égalité de l’homme et de la femme dans le mode de transmission du nom à l’enfant et à l’adopté'']</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2018, name changes does not require sex changes and (legal and physical) sex changes does not require sterilisation<ref>{{fr icon}} {{nl icon}} [http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/pdf/Mbbs/2017/07/10/136473.pdf Loi du 25 juin 2017 réformant des régimes relatifs aux personnes transgenres en ce qui concerne la mention d’une modification de du sexe dans les actes de l’état civil et ses effets/Wet van 25 juni 2017 tot hervorming van regelingen inzake transgenders wat de vermelding van een aanpassing van de registratie van het geslacht in de akten van de burgerlijke stand en de gevolgen hiervan betreft]</ref>.
|-
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[LGBT rights in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1968<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutionally banned since 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/bu00000_.html|title=Article 46(1), Bulgaria – Constitution|accessdate=2009-10-04}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt.<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/bulgaria.html</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Forbids discrimination based on gender identity, but requires sterilisation for change<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sofiaglobe.com/2015/03/25/bulgaria-amends-protection-from-discrimination-act-to-cover-sex-changes/|title=Bulgarian Parliament approves with 93-23 vote (and 23 abstentions) amendments to the Protection from Discrimination Act to include protection against discrimination of trans people|date=25 March 2015|publisher=The Sofia Globe}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=167466|title=Bulgarian Parliament Votes on Anti-Discrimination Law Amendments|date=25 March 2015|publisher=Novinite.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[LGBT rights in Croatia|Croatia]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1977 (As part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]])<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Life partnership since 2014<ref>{{hr icon}} [http://www.zakon.hr/z/732/Zakon-o-%C5%BEivotnom-partnerstvu-osoba-istog-spola Zakon o životnom partnerstvu osoba istog spola]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutionally banned since [[Croatian constitutional referendum, 2013|the 2013 referendum]].<ref>{{hr icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.usud.hr/uploads/Redakcijski%20prociscen%20tekst%20Ustava%20Republike%20Hrvatske,%20Ustavni%20sud%20Republike%20Hrvatske,%2015.%20sijecnja%202014.pdf |format=PDF|title=Ustav Republike Hrvatske |publisher=Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske |date=15 January 2014 |accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Partner-guardianship since 2014 <small>(parental responsibility and a permanent next-of-kins relationship between a life partner and their partner's child which is registered in the child's birth certificate)</small>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/><ref>{{hr icon}} {{cite web|url=http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/340327.html |title=Zakon o suzbijanju diskriminacije |publisher=Narodne-novine.nn.hr |date=21 July 2008 |accessdate=3 April 2014}}</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]'' Act on the elimination of discrimination'' bans all types discrimination based on both gender identity and gender expression. Gender change is regulated by special policy issued by Ministry of Health.<ref>{{hr icon}}{{cite web|url=http://propisi.hr/print.php?id=11335|title=Pravilnik o načinu prikupljanja medicinske dokumentacije te utvrđivanja uvjeta i pretpostavki za promjenu spola i drugom rodnom identitetu. |publisher=Narodne-novine.nn.hr |date=15 November 2014 |accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[LGBT rights in Cyprus|Cyprus]]
| <!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1998<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil cohabitation since 2015<ref>[http://in-cyprus.com/civil-unions-become-law/]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] (The only EU country to ban LGBT people in the military, not enforced)<ref>http://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/utfl_file/count/media/IHRP%20Cyprus%20Report%20FINAL%202014.pdf</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cyprus: Penal code amended to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/10/10/cyprus-penal-code-amended-to-protect-against-discrimination-based-on-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity/|publisher=PinkNews|accessdate=October 27, 2013}}</ref>
[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Gender change is not legal.
|-
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[LGBT rights in the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1962 (As part of [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]])<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership since 2006<ref>{{cs icon}} [http://portal.gov.cz/app/zakony/zakonPar.jsp?page=0&idBiblio=62343&nr=115~2F2006&rpp=15#local-content 115/2006 Sb. o registrovaném partnerství a o změně některých souvisejících zákonů]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] (Step-child adoption pending)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://domaci.eurozpravy.cz/politika/160459-dienstbier-chce-predlozit-novelu-ktera-by-umoznila-osvojeni-deti-registrovanymi-partnery/ |title= Dienstbier chce předložit novelu, která by umožnila osvojení dětí registrovanými partnery |publisher=EuroZprávy.cz; mu; ČTK |language=Czech |accessdate=2016-07-03}}</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal recognition is granted and birth certificate is amended{{not in source|date=February 2017}} after reassignment surgery (with mandatory sterilisation).<ref name="tgeu 2016"/>
|-
| {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[LGBT rights in Denmark|Denmark]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1933<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership from 1989 to 2012 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)<ref>https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=142282</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2012<ref>http://cphpost.dk/news/national/gay-marriage-legalised The Copenhagen Post, 7 June 2012: ''Gay marriage legalised''] Retrieved 2012-09-19</ref><ref>[http://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/article4714120.ece Homoseksuelle fik ja til ægteskab] - [[Jyllands-Posten]].</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Step-child adoption since 1999.<br>Joint adoption since 2010.<ref>{{da icon}} [https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=131779 Lov om ændring af lov om registreret partnerskab, lov om en børnefamilieydelse og lov om børnetilskud og forskudsvis udbetaling af børnebidrag]</ref><br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>{{da}} Retsinformation.dk [https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=158916 ''Børneloven'']</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal gender change and recognition possible without surgery or hormone therapy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.msn.co.nz/worldnews/8858700/denmark-changes-sex-change-laws|title=MSN New Zealand - Latest News, Weather, Entertainment, Business, Sport, Technology|work=msn.co.nz}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[LGBT rights in Estonia|Estonia]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1992<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Cohabitation agreement since 2016<ref>{{et icon}} {{cite news|title=Kooseluseadus|url=http://www.riigikogu.ee/index.php?op=emsplain&page=pub_file&file_id=f95adcc2-9cdd-4988-a0d3-58bf85d2df4a&|publisher=[[Riigikogu]]|date=9 October 2014}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Marriage performed abroad recognized since 2016<ref>[http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/estonia-taken-big-step-marriage-equality/#gs.6PvrD4s]</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Step-child adoption since 2016. Couples where both partners are infertile may also jointly adopt non-biological children since 2016
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Gender reassignment legal.<ref name="tgeu 2016"/>
|-
| {{flagicon|Finland}} [[LGBT rights in Finland|Finland]] <br> <small>{{flagicon|Åland Islands}}(includes [[Åland Islands]])</small>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1971<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership from 2002 to 2017 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)<ref>{{sv icon}} [http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/ajantasa/2001/20010950 Lag om registrerat partnerskap]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/finland-president-signs-gay-marriage-law-couples-will-have-wait-get-married-until-2017200215|title=Finland president signs gay marriage law – couples will have to wait to get married until 2017|work=Gay Star News}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Step-child adoption since 2009.<br>Joint adoption since 2017.
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal change and recognition is possible only with [[compulsory sterilization|sterilisation]].<ref>{{fi icon}} [http://seta.fi/uutiset.php?aid=17694&k=16207 Ihmisoikeudet kuuluvat myös transsukupuolisille]</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|France}} [[LGBT rights in France|France]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal nationwide since 1791<br>Legal in [[Savoy]] since 1792<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil solidarity pact since 1999<ref>{{fr icon}} [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=0F15B99854A4FE47659F950BE42DF000.tpdjo05v_3?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000005628705&dateTexte=vig Loi n° 99-944 du 15 novembre 1999 relative au pacte civil de solidarité]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref>{{cite news|last1=Erlanger|first1=Steven|title=Hollande Signs French Gay Marriage Law|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/world/europe/hollande-signs-french-gay-marriage-law.html|accessdate=23 July 2015|work=The New York Times|date=18 May 2013}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/france.html</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2017, sex changes no longer requires sterilisation.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37653459]</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[LGBT rights in Germany|Germany]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal in [[East Germany]] since 1968<br>Legal in [[West Berlin]] and [[West Germany]] since 1969<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/berlin_S.pdf|title=glbtq >> social sciences >> Berlin|work=glbtq.com}}</ref>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered life partnership from 2001 to 2017 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)<ref>{{de icon}} [http://bundesrecht.juris.de/lpartg/index.html Gesetz über die Eingetragene Lebenspartnerschaft]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017<ref name=germanbill>Connolly, Kate (30 June 2017) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/30/germany-poised-legalise-same-sex-marriage-bill-law ''German Parliament votes to legalise same-sex marriage'' in ''The Guardian''. ]Retrieved 30 June 2017</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Step-child adoption since 2005.<br>Successive adoption since 2013.<br>Joint adoption since 2017.<ref name=germanbill/>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/publikationen/AGG/agg_in_englischer_Sprache.html|title=Antidiskriminierungsstelle - Publikationen - AGG in englischer Sprache|work=antidiskriminierungsstelle.de}}</ref><ref>http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=14425</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Gender change is legal.<ref>{{de icon}} [http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tsg/index.html Gesetz über die Änderung der Vornamen und die Feststellung der Geschlechtszugehörigkeit in besonderen Fällen]</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Greece}} [[LGBT rights in Greece|Greece]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1951 + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil union since 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nomoi.info/ΦΕΚ-Α-181-2015-σελ-1.html|title=ΣΥΜΦΩΝΟ ΣΥΜΒΙΩΣΗΣ Νόμος 4356/2015}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt.
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilga-europe.org/resources/news/latest-news/greece-gender-recognition-law-oct2017 |title=Greece improves gender recognition law but misses chance to introduce self-determination|publisher=ILGA EUROPE|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/10/greece-passes-gender-change-law|title=Greece passes gender-change law opposed by Orthodox church|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[LGBT rights in Hungary|Hungary]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1962<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership since 2009<ref>{{hu icon}} [http://www.complex.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A0900029.TV 2009. évi XXIX. törvény a bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolatról, az ezzel összefüggő, valamint az élettársi viszony igazolásának megkönnyítéséhez szükséges egyes törvények módosításáról]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] <ref> {{hu icon}} [http://www.parlament.hu/folyamatban-levo-torvenyjavaslatok?p_auth=jlktpn5a&p_p_id=pairproxy_WAR_pairproxyportlet_INSTANCE_9xd2Wc9jP4z8&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_pairproxy_WAR_pairproxyportlet_INSTANCE_9xd2Wc9jP4z8_pairAction=%2Finternet%2Fcplsql%2Fogy_irom.irom_adat%3Fp_ckl%3D40%26p_izon%3D5423 T/5423 Magyarország Alaptörvényének 6. módosítása]</ref><ref name="Index.hu">{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/mindekozben/poszt/2015/06/29/meleghazassagrol_szolo_torvenyjavaslat_landolt_a_magyar_parlamentben/|title=Melegházasságról szóló törvényjavaslat landolt a magyar parlamentben |publisher=Index.hu |date=29 June 2015|accessdate=29 June 2015|language=hu}}</ref><br> Constitutionally banned since 2012.<ref name="TASZ">{{cite web |url= http://tasz.hu/files/tasz/imce/alternative_translation_of_the_draft_constituion.pdf |title= Fundamental Law of Hungary |publisher= TASZ |accessdate=September 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=302140 |title= Hungary passes new conservative constitution |first=Pablo |last= Gorondi |publisher= Reading Eagle |date=April 18, 2011 |accessdate=September 15, 2012}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt; (Joint and step-child adoption pending)<ref name="Index.hu"/>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] No legal recognition.<ref name="tgeu 2016">[http://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf Trans Rights Europe Map, 2016].</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Male legal since 1993 <br> Female always legal<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil partnership from 2011 to 2015. (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2010/en/act/pub/0024/|title=Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010|work=irishstatutebook.ie}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015 after a [[Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|constitutional referendum]].<ref>[http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=28029&&CatID=59 Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015]</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Joint adoption since 2016. Stepchild adoption is not legal for any couples, but a birth parent and their partner may be eligible to be joint adopters of the child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/gay-adoption-law-due-before-same-sex-marriage-referendum-1.2073215|title=Gay adoption law due before same-sex marriage referendum|date=21 January 2015|work=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aai.gov.ie/index.php/domestic-adoption/faq-domestic-adoption.html|title=FAQs|work=The Adoption Authority of Ireland}}</ref><ref>http://rainbow-europe.org/#8639/0/0</ref><ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/change-sought-to-anomaly-in-adoption-law-1.1848049</ref><br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>Oireachtas [http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2015/a915.pdf ''Children and Family Relationships Act 2015'']</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA21Y1998.html |title=Employment Equality Act, 1998 |publisher=Irishstatutebook.ie |date=18 June 1998 |accessdate=11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA8Y2000.html |title=Equal Status Act, 2000 |publisher=Irishstatutebook.ie |date=26 April 2000 |accessdate=11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1989/en/act/pub/0019/print.html|title=Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act, 1989|work=irishstatutebook.ie}}</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Gender Recognition Act 2015 <ref>http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-transgender-recognition-bill-2218956-Jul2015/</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[LGBT rights in Italy|Italy]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1890<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil union since 2016<ref>http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/attivita/attifirmati/sett_atti.asp?Atti=sett/2016_m05d16.htm</ref><ref>http://www.gaypost.it/presidente-mattarella-firmato-la-legge-sulle-unioni-civili/</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]](Pending) <ref>In a particular case, the [[Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy)|Court of Cassation]] has refused to rescind a lower judgment recognising a same-sex marriage performed abroad, but this was on procedural grounds only and did not determine the merits of the case [http://www.west-info.eu/italian-court-recognizes-gay-marriage-officiated-abroad-for-the-first-time/]</ref><ref>[http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/02/01/news/cassazione_matrimonio_valido_per_due_donne_di_avellino-157389216/ Cassazione: matrimonio valido per due donne di Avellino] napoli.repubblica.it. 01 febbraio 2017.</ref><ref>{{it icon}} [http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede_v3/Ddliter/39306.htm Atto Senato n. 15]</ref><ref>{{it icon}} [http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede_v3/Ddliter/39506.htm Atto Senato n. 204]</ref><ref>{{it icon}}
[http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede_v3/Ddliter/40322.htm Atto Senato n. 393]</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Stepchild adoption admitted by the [[Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy)|Court of Cassation]]<ref>{{it icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/cronache/15_dicembre_23/adozioni-gay-corte-d-appello-roma-conferma-si-due-mamme-8217cf40-a993-11e5-8f07-76e7bd2ba963.shtml?refresh_ce-cp|title=Adozioni gay, la Corte d’Appello di Roma conferma: sì a due mamme|work=Corriere della Sera}}</ref><ref>{{it icon}}{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/06/22/news/cassazione_si_a_stapchild_adoption-142563271/?refresh_ce|title=Cassazione, via libera alla stepchild adoption in casi particolari|work=Repubblica}}</ref>.
The Florence Court for Minors has recognised a foreign joint adoption by a gay couple<ref>https://www.thelocal.it/20170309/italy-recognizes-first-adoption-by-two-gay-men</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 1982 legal recognition and documents can be amended to the recognised gender.<ref>{{it icon}} {{cite web |url=http://www.italgiure.giustizia.it/nir/lexs/1982/lexs_282171.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20070523022319/http://www.italgiure.giustizia.it/nir/lexs/1982/lexs_282171.html |archivedate=23 May 2007|title=Legge 14 Aprile 1982, n. 164 (GU n. 106 del 19/04/1982) Norme in Materia di Rettificazione di Attribuzione di Sesso}}</ref> The Court of Cassation decided in 2015 that sterilisation is not required.<ref>[http://www.cortedicassazione.it/cassazione-resources/resources/cms/documents/15138_07_15.pdf Court of Cassation judgment of 21 May 2015]</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[LGBT rights in Latvia|Latvia]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1992<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutionally banned since 2006<ref>{{Cite news |title=President Signs Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment |url=http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2005dec/2101.htm |publisher=UK Gay News |date=December 21, 2005 |accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt.<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/latvia.html</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Documents are amended accordingly, no medical intervention required.<ref>{{lv icon}} [http://www.apollo.lv/zinas/cik-viegli-parversties-no-ievas-par-adamu/374896 Cik viegli pārvērsties no Ievas par Ādamu?]</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[LGBT rights in Lithuania|Lithuania]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1993<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] (Cohabitation agreement pending)<ref>http://www.lgl.lt/en/?p=17403</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutionally banned since 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitution.htm|title=CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA|publisher=}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Only married couples can adopt.<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/lithuania.html</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Gender change is legal since 2003.<ref>{{lt icon}} [http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=107687 Lietuvos Respublikos Civilinis kodeksas (Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania]</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[LGBT rights in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1795<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA "/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered Partnership since 2004<ref>{{fr icon}} [http://eli.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2004/07/09/n3 Loi du 9 juillet 2004 relative aux effets légaux de certains partenariats]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref>[http://www.wort.lu/en/politics/save-the-date-same-sex-marriages-from-january-1-53c77b26b9b398870804667d Same-sex marriages from January 1]</ref><ref>[http://www.chronicle.lu/categoriesluxembourgathome/item/7947-same-sex-marriage-in-luxembourg-from-1-january-2015 Same-Sex Marriage in Luxembourg from 1 January 2015]</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref>http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2014/0125/a125.pdf</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{fr icon}} [http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2006/0207/a207.pdf Mémorial A n° 207 de 2006]</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Requires sterilisation for change<ref name="tgeu 2016"/>)
|-
| {{flagicon|Malta}} [[LGBT rights in Malta|Malta]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1973<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil union since 2014<ref name="gov.mt">[http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lp&itemid=26024&l=1 AN ACT to regulate civil unions and to provide for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2014
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2015.<ref>[http://www.parlament.mt/billdetails?bid=494&l=1&legcat=13 Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Bill]</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[LGBT rights in the Netherlands|Netherlands]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1811 <br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership since 1998<ref>{{cite news|last=Waaldijk|first=Kees |title=Major legal consequences of marriage, cohabitation and registered partnership for different-sex and same-sex partners in the Netherlands|url=https://same-sex.web.ined.fr/pdf/DocTrav125/05Doc125TheNetherlands.pdf |accessdate=October 27, 2013|publisher=INED}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<ref>{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | publisher=CBS News | title=Gay Marriage Goes Dutch | date=1 April 2001 | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/04/01/world/main283071.shtml | accessdate=21 January 2010}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<ref>ttp://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/netherlands.html</ref><br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>{{nl}} Staatsblad [https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2013-480.html ''Wet van 25 november 2013 tot wijziging van Boek 1 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek in verband met het juridisch ouderschap van de vrouwelijke partner van de moeder anders dan door adoptie'']</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>https://www.government.nl/topics/discrimination/contents/prohibition-of-discrimination</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/the-netherlands-passes-landmark-gender-identity-law</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Poland}} [[LGBT rights in Poland|Poland]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal<br><small>(No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country) </small><br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Unregistered cohabitation since 2012 (some entitlements only)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1620801,1,zwiazki-partnerskie--nie-w-tej-kadencji.read |title=Związki partnerskie - nie w tej kadencji |date=26 May 2015 |accessdate=28 May 2015 |publisher=polityka.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutionally banned since 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |title=The Constitution of the Republic of Poland |accessdate=5 May 2015 |publisher=Sejm RP |quote=Marriage, being a union of a man and a woman, as well as the family, motherhood and parenthood, shall be placed under the protection and care of the Republic of Poland. }}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt, joint adoption forbidden.<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/poland.html</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[LGBT rights in Portugal|Portugal]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1983<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[De facto union in Portugal|De facto union since 2001]]<ref>{{pt icon}} [https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2001/05/109a00/27972798.pdf Law no. 7/2001, from 11 May] (specifically Article 1, no. 1).</ref><ref>{{pt icon}} [http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade-nacional/deputados-parlamento-unioes-de-facto-tvi24-ultimas-noticias/1073492-4555.html AR altera lei das uniões de facto]</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2010<ref>[http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2010/05/10500/0185301853.pdf Law no. 9/2010, from 30th May].</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2016 (+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>{{pt icon}} [https://dre.pt/application/conteudo/74738646 Lei 17/2016 de 20 de junho]</ref><ref>{{pt icon}} [http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/pma/lei-que-alarga-a-procriacao-medicamente-assistida-publicada-em-diario-da-republica Lei que alarga a procriação medicamente assistida publicada em Diário da República]</ref><ref>{{pt icon}} [https://www.publico.pt/politica/noticia/lei-que-alarga-pma-ja-esta-publicada-publicada-hoje-em-dr-falta-regulamentacao-1735711 Todas as mulheres com acesso à PMA a 1 de Agosto]</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination.<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2011. All documents can be amended to the recognised gender.<ref>http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/meps-welcome-new-gender-change-law-in-portugal-concerned-about-lithuania/</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[LGBT rights in Romania|Romania]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1996<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt.<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/romania.html</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal recognition and birth certificates amended{{not in source|date=February 2017}} after reassignment surgery (sterilisation mandatory)<ref name="tgeu 2016"/>
|-
| {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[LGBT rights in Slovakia|Slovakia]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1962 (As part of [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]])<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutionally banned since 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/54213/2/disputed_revision_to_constitution_sails_through_parliament.html |title=Disputed revision to constitution sails through parliament|publisher=The Slovak Spectator |accessdate=4 June 2014}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt.<ref>https://adoption.com/forums/thread/316200/adopting-in-slovakia/</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/FRA_hdgso_report-part2_en.pdf|format=PDF|title=Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the EU Member States Part II: The Social Situation|website=fra.europa.eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/50160/2/law_change_criminalises_homophobia.html|title=Law change criminalises homophobia|author=Petit Press a.s.|work=spectator.sme.sk}}</ref>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (Requires sterilisation for change<ref name="tgeu 2016"/>)
|-
| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[LGBT rights in Slovenia|Slovenia]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1977 (As part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]])<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership since 2006<ref>{{cite web|language=sl |url=http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200565&stevilka=2840|title=Zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske skupnosti|website=uradni-list.si}}</ref>;<br> Unregistered cohabitation since 2017<ref>{{cite web|language=sl |url=https://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?sop=2016-01-1426|title=Zakon o partnerski zvezi|website=uradni-list.si}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Step-child adoption since 2011<ref>[http://www.sloveniatimes.com/first-adoption-by-gay-partner-of-child-s-parent First Adoption by Gay Partner of Child's Parent]</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Sexual orientation--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Gender change is legal.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Weber|first1=Nana|title=Sprememba spola v Sloveniji|journal=Pravna praksa|date=April 25, 2013|issue=16-17|publisher=GV Založba|language=sl|issn=0352 0730}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[LGBT rights in Spain|Spain]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto union in [[Catalonia]] (1998),<ref name="Spain">{{Cite news|title=Same-sex couples in Spain. Historical, contextual and symbolic factors|url=https://same-sex.web.ined.fr/WWW/04Doc124Ignacio.pdf|format=PDF|author=Galán, José Ignacio Pichardo|publisher=Institut national d'études démographiques|accessdate=December 30, 2012}}</ref> [[Aragon]] (1999),<ref name="Spain"/> [[Navarre]] (2000),<ref name="Spain"/> [[Castile-La Mancha]] (2000),<ref name="Spain"/> [[Valencia]] (2001),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Derogadas/r0-va-l1-2001.html|title=Ley 1/2001, de 6 de abril, por la que se regulan las uniones de hecho|publisher=Noticias Juridicas|accessdate=April 18, 2015}}</ref> the [[Balearic Islands]] (2001),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caib.es/seucaib/ca/arxiuServlet?id=129779 |title=Llei 18/2001 de 19 de desembre, de parelles estables |publisher=Govern de les Illes Balears |accessdate= November 6, 2015|language=ca}}</ref> [[Community of Madrid|Madrid]] (2001),<ref name="Spain"/> [[Asturias]] (2002),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2002/07/02/pdfs/A23974-23975.pdf |format=PDF|title=LEY 4/2002, de 23 de mayo, de Parejas Estables |publisher= Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |accessdate= November 6, 2015|language=es}}</ref> [[Castile and León]] (2002),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/binarios/509/669/Decreto%20117%202002.pdf?blobheader=application%2Fpdf%3Bcharset%3DUTF-8&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadername2=Expires&blobheadername3=Site&blobheadervalue1=no-store%2Cno-cache%2Cmust-revalidate&blobheadervalue2=0&blobheadervalue3=JCYL_Familia&blobnocache=true |format=PDF|title= DECRETO 117/2002, de 24 de octubre, por el que se crea el Registro de Uniones de Hecho en Castilla y León y se regula su funcionamiento|publisher= Junta de Castilla y León|language=es|accessdate=November 6, 2015}}</ref> [[Andalusia]] (2002),<ref name="Spain"/> the [[Canary Islands]] (2003),<ref name="Spain"/> [[Extremadura]] (2003),<ref name="Spain"/> [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]] (2003),<ref name="Spain"/> [[Cantabria]] (2005),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ct-l1-2005.html|title=Ley de Cantabria 1/2005, de 16 de mayo, de Parejas de Hecho de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria.|publisher=Noticias Juridicas |language=es |accessdate=November 6, 2015}}</ref> [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] (2008)<ref>{{Cite news |author= |title=Decreto 248/2007, de 20 de diciembre, por el que se crea y se regula el Registro de Parejas de Hecho de Galicia.|url=http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ga-d248-2007.html |publisher=Noticias Juridicas |accessdate=November 6, 2015|language=es}}</ref> and [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ias1.larioja.org//cex/sistemas/GenericoServlet?servlet=cex.sistemas.dyn.portal.ImgServletSis&code=oumCvWIgBUF6lChv9ZDgP%2FhXhSM%2FFmcHwwLX%2BLzxTQvApHyqPVxRsoD%2BHW0E2YV6LEXZYSr1AOE3%0Av4SD1MBlIvF%2B7SEF91Aj&&& |title=Decreto 30/2010, de 14 de mayo, por el que se crea el Registro de Parejas de Hecho de La Rioja |publisher=El Gobierno de La Rioja|accessdate=November 6, 2015 |language=es}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2005<ref>{{cite news |title=Spain approves liberal gay marriage law |publisher=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=2005-07-01 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/01/Worldandnation/Spain_approves_libera.shtml |accessdate=2007-01-08}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2005<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/spain.html</ref><br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>{{es}} Boletín Oficial del Estado [https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2006-9292 ''Ley 14/2006, de 26 de mayo, sobre técnicas de reproducción humana asistida (see Article 7)'']</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender<ref>{{es icon}} [http://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2007-5585 Ley 3/2007, de 15 de marzo, reguladora de la rectificación registral de la mención relativa al sexo de las personas]</ref>
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| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[LGBT rights in Sweden|Sweden]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1944<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnership from 1995 to 2009 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)<ref>http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/sfs/20090253.pdf</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2009<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=2739765|title=Gays Win Marriage Rights|work=Sveriges Radio English|date=1 April 2009}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2003<ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/sweden.html</ref><br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref>{{sv}} Sveriges Riksdag [http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Lagar/Svenskforfattningssamling/Foraldrabalk-1949381_sfs-1949-381/ ''Föräldrabalk'']</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] <ref> Fia Sundevall & Alma Persson (2016) "LGBT in the Military: Policy Development in Sweden 1944–2014", ''Sexuality Research and Social Policy'', June 2016, Volume 13, Issue 2, pp 119-129, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-015-0217-6/fulltext.html</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index"/>
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/sweden-ends-forced-sterilization-trans110113</ref>
|-
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[LGBT rights in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] <br> <small>{{flagicon|Gibraltar}}(includes [[Gibraltar]])</small>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Male legal in [[England]] and [[Wales]] since 1967, in [[Scotland]] since 1981, in [[Northern Ireland]] since 1982, and in [[Gibraltar]] since 1993. <br> Female always legal <br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Civil union--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil partnership since 2005, in Gibraltar since 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/contents|title=Civil Partnership Act 2004|work=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal in England, Wales and Scotland since 2014, in Gibraltar since 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Same-sex marriage now legal as first couples wed|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-26793127|accessdate=29 March 2014|newspaper=BBC News|date=29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Same-sex marriage now legal as first couples wed|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-26793127|accessdate=29 March 2014|newspaper=BBC News|date=29 March 2014}}</ref><br>[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Not performed in Northern Ireland
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal in England and Wales since 2005, in Scotland since 2009, in Northern Ireland since 2013, and in Gibraltar since 2014<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/new-legislation-sees-gay-scottish-couples-win-right-to-adopt-children-1.921121|title=New legislation sees gay Scottish couples win right to adopt children|last=Thomas|first=Ellen|date=20 September 2009|publisher=The Herald|accessdate=23 September 2009}}</ref><ref>http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/united-kingdom.html</ref><br>(+automatic co-parent recognition)<ref> legislation.gov.uk [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/part/2/crossheading/cases-in-which-woman-to-be-other-parent ''Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008: Cases in which woman to be other parent'']</ref>
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080004_en_9#pt5-pb3-l1g74 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="ILGA"/><br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination in Gibraltar
|<!--Gender identity/expression--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Gender Recognition Act 2004]]<br>[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Not legal in Gibraltar
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