- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unregistered cohabitation
- Censorship
- Ambiguous
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ Sexual orientation only
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Public Opinion
Recent studies in Slovakia have revealed a prevalence of resistance towards LGBTQ+ rights.
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History
Homosexual activity in Slovakia is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1961
Legal
Homosexuality was legalized in the former Czechoslovakia.
Same-sex marriage in Slovakia is unregistered cohabitation.
Current status
Since 2018
Unregistered cohabitation
Since 2018, Slovakia recognizes a close person, defined as a sibling or a spouse. A family member or a person in a relationship shall be considered under law a close person if an injury suffered by one of them is "reasonably felt by the other person as an injury suffered by him or her." Limited rights are granted, namely in the area of inheritance.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Slovakia is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Though no official legislation exists, the ministry of culture under directions of Minister Martina Šimkovi?ová shut down the Bratislava Art Gallery as it hosted art the ministry deemed to be “homosexual”. Potential legislation in the future is supported by the Fico Government
Right to change legal gender in Slovakia is illegal.
Current status
Since 2022
Illegal
Currently it is de facto not possible to change the legal gender. The law requires surgery and sterilization, which was ruled illegal under EU court.
Due to a lack of standards and regulations as of November 18, 2022, healthcare facilities in Slovakia are refusing to treat transgender patients, forcing them to travel abroad for care.
Due to a lack of standards and regulations as of November 18, 2022, healthcare facilities in Slovakia are refusing to treat transgender patients, forcing them to travel abroad for care.
Until Jan 1, 2016
Ambiguous
Legal, requirements ambiguously defined.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Slovakia is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
A report by Ilga’s rainbow map shows Slovakia doesn’t recognise none Binary genders
LGBT discrimination in Slovakia is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since May 22, 2013
Illegal in some contexts
Homophobia is now considered hate speech, though some policies haven’t been filled like in the west
LGBT housing discrimination in Slovakia is sexual orientation only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Sexual orientation only
Under the amendment Anti-Discrimination Act, Gays and lesbians are protected, this doesn’t apply to trans people unfortunately
Blood donations by MSMs in Slovakia is banned (1-year deferral).
Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Changes pending.
Conversion therapy in Slovakia is not banned.
Current status
Since Jan 22, 2018
Not banned
Not criminalized or regulated, Due to Christian attitudes, this isn’t likely to change
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Slovakia.