- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent public opinion surveys in Moldova have pointed to a persistence of extremely homophobic attitudes, causing deep concern.
Moldova Surveys
Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage
History
Homosexual activity in Moldova is legal.
Since 1995
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Moldova is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Moldova is legal, but requires surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Moldova is not legally recognized.
LGBT employment discrimination in Moldova is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Feb 9, 2023
LGBT housing discrimination in Moldova is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Jan 1, 2013
Serving openly in military in Moldova is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Blood donations by MSMs in Moldova is banned (indefinite deferral).
Equal age of consent in Moldova is equal.
Since 2002
LGBT Rights by district
View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Moldova.
- Anenii Noi
- Basarabeasca
- Briceni
- Cahul
- Cantemir
- Cimişlia
- Criuleni
- Călăraşi
- Căuşeni
- Donduşeni
- Drochia
- Dubăsari
- Edinet
- Floreşti
- Făleşti
- Glodeni
- Hînceşti
- Ialoveni
- Leova
- Nisporeni
- Ocniţa
- Orhei
- Rezina
- Rîşcani
- Soroca
- Străşeni
- Sîngerei
- Taraclia
- Teleneşti
- Ungheni
- Şoldăneşti
- Ştefan Vodă
- Bălţi (city)
- Chisinau (city)
- Tighina (city)
- Gagauzia, Unitatea teritoriala autonoma (Autonomous Territorial Unit)
- Transnistria (region)
- Stînga Nistrului, unitatea teritoriala din (Territorial Unit)