- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Civil unions
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- 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
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Public opinion in Czech Republic appears to be somewhat divided on LGBTQ+ issues, as evidenced by recent studies.
OPPOSE
SUPPORT
History
Same-sex marriage in Czech Republic is civil unions.
Current status
Since Jul 1, 2006
Since Jul 1, 2006
Civil unions
Registered partnerships are available for same sex couples, but they have limited rights in comparison to marriage (no pension and taxes rights and no adoption rights)
Until Jun 1, 2006
Not legal
gay marriage is not legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Czech Republic is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Czech Republic, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Czech Republic is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Czech Republic is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
The Czech Republic does not currently recognize non-binary identities.
LGBT discrimination in Czech Republic is illegal.
Current status
Since Jun 17, 2009
Since Jun 17, 2009
Illegal
LGBT employment discrimination in Czech Republic is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jun 17, 2009
Since Jun 17, 2009
Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination in Czech Republic is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jun 17, 2009
Since Jun 17, 2009
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Same-sex adoption in Czech Republic is single only.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2014
Since Jan 1, 2014
Single only
Law no. 89/2012 Sb § 800 allows individuals to adopt children.
Until 2016
Illegal
The Czech Republic does not currently allow gay couples to adopt, as adoption is reserved for married couples only and gay couples are not legally able to get married in the country.
Serving openly in military in Czech Republic is legal.
Current status
Legal
According to research by The Palm Center, "homosexuality is not considered a liability for enlistment. All citizens are required to serve, regardless of sexual orientation. Act No. l 218/1999 Coll. (Military Act) stipulates military service 'for all citizens of the Czech Republic, regardless of sexual orientation.'"
Blood donations by MSMs in Czech Republic is banned (1-year deferral).
Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Gay and bisexual men are allowed to donate blood in the Czech Republic following a one-year deferral period.
Conversion therapy in Czech Republic is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized or regulated. Widely condemned.
Equal age of consent in Czech Republic is equal.
Current status
Since Jul 1, 1990
Since Jul 1, 1990
Equal
The age of consent in Czech Republic is 15 years for both heterosexual and homosexual individuals.
LGBT Rights by district
View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Czech Republic.
- Benešov
- Beroun
- Blansko
- Brno-město
- Brno-venkov
- Bruntál
- Břeclav
- Cheb
- Chomutov
- Chrudim
- Domažlice
- Děčín
- Frýdek Místek
- Havlíčkův Brod
- Hodonín
- Hradec Králové
- Jablonec nad Nisou
- Jeseník
- Jihlava
- Jindřichův Hradec
- Jičín
- Karlovy Vary
- Karviná
- Kladno
- Klatovy
- Kolín
- Kromĕříž
- Kutná Hora
- Liberec
- Litoměřice
- Louny
- Mladá Boleslav
- Most
- Mělník
- Nový Jičín
- Nymburk
- Náchod
- Olomouc
- Opava
- Ostrava město
- Pardubice
- Pelhřimov
- Plzeň jih
- Plzeň město
- Plzeň sever
- Prachatice
- Praha 1
- Praha 10
- Praha 11
- Praha 12
- Praha 13
- Praha 14
- Praha 15
- Praha 2
- Praha 3
- Praha 4
- Praha 5
- Praha 6
- Praha 7
- Praha 8
- Praha 9
- Praha východ
- Praha západ
- Prostĕjov
- Písek
- Přerov
- Příbram
- Rakovník
- Rokycany
- Rychnov nad Kněžnou
- Semily
- Sokolov
- Strakonice
- Svitavy
- Tachov
- Teplice
- Trutnov
- Tábor
- Třebíč
- Uherské Hradištĕ
- Vsetín
- Vyškov
- Zlín
- Znojmo
- Ústí nad Labem
- Ústí nad Orlicí
- Česká Lípa
- České Budějovice
- Český Krumlov
- Šumperk
- Žd’ár nad Sázavou
- Jihoceský kraj (Region)
- Jihomoravský kraj (Region)
- Karlovarský kraj (Region)
- Královéhradecký kraj (Region)
- Liberecký kraj (Region)
- Moravskoslezský kraj (Region)
- Olomoucký kraj (Region)
- Pardubický kraj (Region)
- Plzenský kraj (Region)
- Praha, hlavní mesto (Region)
- Stredoceský kraj (Region)
- Vysocina (Region)
- Zlínský kraj (Region)
- Ústecký kraj (Region)
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