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LGBT Rights in Slovakia

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unregistered cohabitation
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    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
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Recent studies in Slovakia have revealed a prevalence of resistance towards LGBTQ+ rights.

History

Homosexual activity in Slovakia

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Homosexual activity in Slovakia is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1961
Legal
Homosexuality was legalized in the former Czechoslovakia.
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Same-sex marriage in Slovakia

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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.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Slovakia

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Slovakia is no censorship.

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

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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.
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Until Jan 1, 2016
Ambiguous
Legal, requirements ambiguously defined.
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Jan 1, 1970–-0001
Legal, but requires surgery
Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Slovakia

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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
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LGBT discrimination in Slovakia

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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
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LGBT employment discrimination in Slovakia

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LGBT employment discrimination in Slovakia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2004
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Act No. 365/2004 on Equal treatment gives protections for LGB People, Trans people would be covered later on when the act was amended in 2018
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LGBT housing discrimination in Slovakia

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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
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Same-sex adoption in Slovakia

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Same-sex adoption in Slovakia is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Single only
LGB couples cannot adopt in Slovakia as of 2023. All single people regardless of sexual orientation can however
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Serving openly in military in Slovakia

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Serving openly in military in Slovakia is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1993
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Of the 27 EU countries, Slovakia is one of the exceptions in which transgender people cannot serve in the military
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Until Dec 31, 1992
N/A
Only place you cannot serve is in Cyprus.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Slovakia

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

Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Changes pending.
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Conversion therapy in Slovakia

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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
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Equal age of consent in Slovakia

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Equal age of consent in Slovakia is equal.

Current status
Equal
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LGBT Rights by Region

View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Slovakia.