- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Public Opinion
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History
Homosexual activity in Andorra is legal.
Current status
Since Sep 25, 1791
Legal
Laws against sodomy were abolished while Andorra was still a part of France, and Andorra has not made it illegal since.
Until Sep 24, 1791
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Before 1791, homosexuality (via French sodomy laws) was punishable by death at the stake.
Same-sex marriage in Andorra is legal.
Current status
Since Feb 17, 2023
Civil unions (marriage rights)
In 2014, the Andorran council approved a bill permitting civil unions with equal rights to marriages. The bill was approved with all 18 votes of every present member of the ruling party, Democrats for Andorra, as well as the 2 votes of the minority opposition party, Lauredian Union. All members of the opposition Social Democratic Party either abstained (3) or voted against (3).
Civil unions (limited rights)
In 2005, civil unions with near equal rights were passed into law by the General Council of Andorra.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Andorra is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Andorra, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Gender-affirming care in Andorra is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no laws restricting access to gender-affirming care for adults or minors, and it has been covered under the free national health system since 2022. The facilities for gender affirming care are relatively new, having been offered since some point in the 2010s, though the exact date is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Andorra is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Andorra does not legally recognise non-binary genders.
LGBT discrimination in Andorra is illegal.
Current status
Since Feb 15, 2019
Illegal
Law 13/2019, of 15 February, for equal treatment and non-discrimination, protects LGBT people, among others, in numerous areas, including employment, education, health care, social services, housing, public establishments, etc. Article 4(2) states:
Illegal in some contexts
Andorra's 2005 penal code prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment.
LGBT employment discrimination in Andorra is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Feb 15, 2019
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Law 13/2019, of 15 February, for equal treatment and non-discrimination, protects LGBT people, among others, in numerous areas, including employment. Article 4(2) states:
"No one may be discriminated against on the basis of birth, nationality or lack of nationality, racial origin or ethnicity, sex or female gender, religion, philosophical, political or trade union opinion, language, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other personal or social condition or circumstance."
The law is reportedly actively enforced.
"No one may be discriminated against on the basis of birth, nationality or lack of nationality, racial origin or ethnicity, sex or female gender, religion, philosophical, political or trade union opinion, language, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other personal or social condition or circumstance."
The law is reportedly actively enforced.
Sexual orientation only
Andorra's 2005 penal code prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
LGBT housing discrimination in Andorra is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Feb 15, 2019
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Law 13/2019, of 15 February, for equal treatment and non-discrimination, protects LGBT people, among others, in numerous areas, including housing. Article 4(2) states:
"No one may be discriminated against on the basis of birth, nationality or lack of nationality, racial origin or ethnicity, sex or female gender, religion, philosophical, political or trade union opinion, language, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other personal or social condition or circumstance."
The law is reportedly actively enforced.
"No one may be discriminated against on the basis of birth, nationality or lack of nationality, racial origin or ethnicity, sex or female gender, religion, philosophical, political or trade union opinion, language, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other personal or social condition or circumstance."
The law is reportedly actively enforced.
Intersex infant surgery in Andorra is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Andorra has enacted no protections for intersex infants from genital surgery.
Serving openly in military in Andorra is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Andorra has no military, only a small internal police force.
Conversion therapy in Andorra is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not currently banned in Andorra.
Equal age of consent in Andorra is equal.
Current status
Since Sep 25, 1791
Equal
Since homosexuality has been legalised in Andorra, an equal age of consent for homosexual and heterosexual sex was used.
Until Sep 24, 1791
N/A
Before 1791, homosexuality was criminalised.
LGBT Rights by Parish
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