- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✔ Legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Adoption✔ Legal
- Discrimination✔ Illegal
- Housing Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Employment Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Donating Blood✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Current status
(since Sep 3, 1944)
(since Sep 3, 1944)
Legal
Belgium was liberated in September of 1944. Belgian civil law reverted back to pre-war laws.
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Belgium was under German occupation during World War II and thus Paragraph 175 was in effect.
1795–May 28, 1940
Legal
Legalized under French rule and the Napoleonic Code.
Legal, surgery not required
Under the revision of gender identity law. Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
(since 2007)
(since 2007)
Legal, but requires surgery
Belgian transexuals are required to undergo gender reassignment surgery in order to change their gender on state documents.
Current status
(since Apr 21, 2006)
(since Apr 21, 2006)
Legal
Current status
(since 2003)
(since 2003)
Illegal
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2003)
(since Jan 1, 2003)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
No
Current status
(since 2003)
(since 2003)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Current status
Legal
Unsure of date. Gay and lesbian soldiers are not guaranteed promotions through the military for fear of possible blackmail.
Current status
(since 1985)
(since 1985)
Equal
Current status
(since Sep 5, 2017)
(since Sep 5, 2017)
Ambiguous
No banned. Conversion therapy ban pending.
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Alternative names: België/Belgique (local name)
