- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- 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
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Bălţi is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 10, 1995
Legal
In 1995, Moldova decriminalised homosexuality. This also applies in Balti.
Male illegal, female legal under federal Moldova law
An article under which sodomy was punishable by imprisonment from 5 to 8 years appeared in the Soviet Criminal Code on March 7, 1934 - number 154-a: “Sexual intercourse between a man and a man (sodomy) - imprisonment for a term of three to five years. Sodomy committed with the use of violence or taking advantage of the dependent position of the victim - imprisonment for a term of five to eight years."
Legal under federal Moldova law
In 1917, after the October Revolution in Russia, homosexuality was decriminalised. This included Moldova at the time.
Male illegal, female uncertain under federal Moldova law
The 1835 Russian Penal Code applied to Moldova and criminalised sodomy.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Bălţi is no censorship.
Current status
Since Oct 14, 2013
No censorship
Since 2013, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in Balti.
Fine as punishment
In 2013, Moldova secretly passed a law banning "propaganda of intimate relations outside of marriage and family" to minors with a fine as punishment, only months after Balti repealed its antigay law. Although the law did not explicitly mention homosexuality, as gay marriage is not provided, it is de facto included in the law.
The law would be repealed months later.
The law would be repealed months later.
No censorship
On February 28th, 2013, the city of Balti overturned its law against "gay propaganda". Since then, there was no known censorship of LGBTIQ+ topics in Balti until July of that year.
State-enforced
In 2012, Balti passed a proclamation banning "gay propaganda" to minors, although there were no sanctions attached. It would be overturned the next year.
Right to change legal gender in Bălţi is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Current status
Since Apr 26, 2001
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Transgender people are allowed to change their legal name and gender on official documents in Moldova, but require a psychiatric diagnosis confirming their "transgenderism" to do so. This law also applies in Balti.
Gender-affirming care in Bălţi is legal.
Current status
Legal
As is the case for the rest of Moldova, gender-affirming care is legal in Balti but often difficult to access in practice.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bălţi is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Moldova currently provides no legal recognition to intersex or nonbinary people. There is also no local recognition from Balti.
LGBT employment discrimination in Bălţi is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Feb 9, 2023
Sexual orientation and gender identity
In 2023, Moldova updated its laws against discrimination to include gender identity as a protected characteristic, including in employment. This law applies to Balti.
LGBT housing discrimination in Bălţi is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Bălţi is single only.
Current status
Single only
Balti only provides adoption to married couples and single parents. Unmarried couples cannot adopt.
Intersex infant surgery in Bălţi is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Moldova law
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Moldova.
Serving openly in military in Bălţi is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no known laws restricting or banning LGBTIQ+ people from serving in the military in Moldova. This also applies to Balti. However, soldiers can be subject to poor treatment regardless.
Conversion therapy in Bălţi is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal in Balti.
Equal age of consent in Bălţi is equal.
Current status
Since Jun 12, 2003
Female equal, male N/A under federal Moldova law
Until 1995, male homosexuality was illegal in Moldova.
Equal under federal Moldova law
In 1917, homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia, which included Moldova. There was no discrepancy with the age of consent compared to heterosexuality.
Female equal, male N/A under federal Moldova law
In 1835, male homosexuality was criminalised in Moldova.
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