Compare LGBT Rights in Austria & Liechtenstein

Equality Index ?
75 / 100
67 / 100
Legal Index ?
91 / 100
66 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
59 / 100
68 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1971
Legal
Since 1989
Same-sex marriageLegal
Since 2019
Civil unions (marriage rights)
Since 2011
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2009
Ambiguous
Gender-affirming careLegal
Since 2002
Ambiguous
Since 1987
Legal recognition of non-binary genderIntersex only
Since 2018
Not legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal
Since 2004
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2016
LGBT employment discriminationSexual orientation only
Since 2004
No protections
LGBT housing discriminationSexual orientation and gender identityNo protections
Same-sex adoptionLegal
Since 2015
Legal
Since 2023
Intersex infant surgeryFull ban
Since 2018
Not banned
Serving openly in militaryLegalN/A
Blood donations by MSMsLegal
Since 2022
Legal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2002
Equal
Since 2001
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