• Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✔ Civil unions
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, but requires surgery
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
  • Employment Discrimination
    Sexual orientation only
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned

History

Homosexual activity in Croatia

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Current status
(since 1977)
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gaytimes.co.uk/Hotspots/Gay…
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Jan 1, 1951–Jan 1, 1977
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
up to two years of prison
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
overa.rs/krivicni-zakonik-1…
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Same-sex marriage in Croatia

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Current status
(since Sep 9, 2014)
Civil unions
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
zakon.hr/z/732/Zakon-o-%C5%…
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Sep 9, 2014–Sep 8, 2018
Civil unions
Gay marriage pending. Under EU Gay marriage law.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
cyprus-mail.com/2015/05/10/…

t.co/m1oCNOg5WL

quora.com/How-many-countrie…
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Jul 24, 2003–Sep 9, 2014
Unregistered cohabitation
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci…
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Right to change legal gender in Croatia

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 1994)
Legal, but requires surgery
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci…
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Jan 1, 1994–Sep 5, 2018
Legal, surgery not required
Since Nov 15, 2014. Missing non binary options on documents.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Same-sex adoption in Croatia

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Jul 16, 2003–Sep 13, 2018
Step-child adoption only
Under Partner Guardianship since 2014. Legalization pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Current status
(since Jul 16, 2003)
Single only
there are no restrictions for single individuals based on sexual orientation
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci…
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LGBT discrimination in Croatia

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Current status
(since Jul 2003)
Illegal
producing homophobic material can carry up to one year's imprisionment
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gaytimes.co.uk/Hotspots/Gay…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Croatia

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Current status
(since Jul 15, 2008)
Sexual orientation only
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci…
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Jul 15, 2008–Sep 27, 2017
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Included in incitement to hatred.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Croatia

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2008)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Croatia

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Current status
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nacional.hr/clanak/94181/bi…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Croatia

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Current status
(since Dec 24, 1998)
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci…
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Dec 24, 1998–Sep 8, 2018
Banned (indefinite deferral)
One of the many countries that doesn't allow lgbt people to donate. Changes pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci…
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Equal age of consent in Croatia

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Jan 1, 1977–Jan 1, 1998
Unequal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
books.google.hr/books?id=tI…
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Current status
Equal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gaytimes.co.uk/Hotspots/Gay…
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Conversion therapy in Croatia

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2017)
Not banned
Conversion therapy ban pending. also recommended by UN LGBT rights Expert.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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