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LGBT Rights in Czech Republic

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Civil unions
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Public opinion in Czech Republic appears to be somewhat divided on LGBTQ+ issues, as evidenced by recent studies.

History

Homosexual activity in Czech Republic

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Homosexual activity in Czech Republic is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1962
Legal
Homosexual activity was decriminalized in 1962.
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Same-sex marriage in Czech Republic

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Same-sex marriage in Czech Republic is civil unions.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 2006
Civil unions
The Czech Registered Partnerships have been condemned for not having equal rights to marriage like in some other countries with civil unions. Differences between marriage and registered partnership are: different procedural questions (the ceremony is not the same), no automatic name change, no community property of spouses is created, and no parental rights (no joint-adoption form institutions, no step-parent adoption) etc.
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Until Jun 1, 2006
Not legal
gay marriage is not legal.

Censorship of LGBT Issues in Czech Republic

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Czech Republic is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Czech Republic, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Czech Republic

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Right to change legal gender in Czech Republic is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s.
Sources:
this EU Parliament report : google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Czech Republic

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Czech Republic is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
The Czech Republic does not currently recognize non-binary identities.
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LGBT discrimination in Czech Republic

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LGBT discrimination in Czech Republic is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Jun 17, 2009
Illegal in some contexts
While there are discrimination protections in Education, Goods & services, it is not constitutionally protected and doesn’t apply to gender identity
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LGBT employment discrimination in Czech Republic

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LGBT employment discrimination in Czech Republic is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jun 17, 2009
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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LGBT housing discrimination in Czech Republic

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LGBT housing discrimination in Czech Republic is no protections.

Current status
Since Jun 17, 2009
No protections
Protections in areas like housing are very limited and many lgbt czech people still face discrimination
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Same-sex adoption in Czech Republic

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Same-sex adoption in Czech Republic is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2014
Single only
Law no. 89/2012 Sb § 800 allows individuals to adopt children.
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Until 2016
Illegal
The Czech Republic does not currently allow gay couples to adopt, as adoption is reserved for married couples only and gay couples are not legally able to get married in the country.
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Serving openly in military in Czech Republic

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Serving openly in military in Czech Republic is legal.

Current status
Legal
According to research by The Palm Center, "homosexuality is not considered a liability for enlistment. All citizens are required to serve, regardless of sexual orientation. Act No. l 218/1999 Coll. (Military Act) stipulates military service 'for all citizens of the Czech Republic, regardless of sexual orientation.'"
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Blood donations by MSMs in Czech Republic

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Blood donations by MSMs in Czech Republic is banned (1-year deferral).

Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Gay and bisexual men are allowed to donate blood in the Czech Republic following a one-year deferral period.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2017051…//www.gmhc.org/news-and-events/press-releases/gay-mens-health-crisis-calls-for-risk-based-screening-for-blood-donors-at-fda-meeting
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Conversion therapy in Czech Republic

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Conversion therapy in Czech Republic is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Currently Not criminalized or regulated. Attitude of homosexuality as a disease is still commonplace.
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Equal age of consent in Czech Republic

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Equal age of consent in Czech Republic is equal.

Current status
Since Jul 1, 1990
Equal
The age of consent in Czech Republic is 15 years for both heterosexual and homosexual individuals.
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