- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- 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
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (3-month deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
Question: "On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbors?"
Justifiability of homosexuality
Question: "Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between."
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents
Question: "Homosexual couples are as good parents as other couples"
Perceived prevalence of discrimination against sexual orientation (European Union)
Question: "For each of the following types of discrimination, could you please tell me whether, in your opinion, it is very widespread, fairly widespread, fairly rare or very rare in (OUR COUNTRY)? Discrimination on the basis of: Sexual orientation (being gay, lesbian, bisexual)"
Perceived prevalence of discrimination against transgender people (European Union)
Question: "For each of the following types of discrimination, could you please tell me whether, in your opinion, it is very widespread, fairly widespread, fairly rare or very rare in (OUR COUNTRY)? Discrimination on the basis of: Being transgender"
Acceptance of same-sex relationships (European Union)
Question: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?: There is nothing wrong in a sexual relationship between two persons of the same sex"
Support for transgender people changing legal gender (European Union)
Question: "Do you think that transgender persons should be able to change their civil documents to match their inner gender identity?"
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
History
Same-sex marriage in Finland is legal.
Since Mar 1, 2017
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Finland is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Finland is legal, but requires surgery.
Since Jan 1, 2003
• Provides a medical report testifying that he/she permanently experiences being a member of the opposite sex and that he/she lives in that gender roles and that he/she has been sterilised or is otherwise incapable of having children
• He/she is an adult
• He/she is not married or in a registered partnership; unless the spouse or partner gives their consent in which case a marriage become a registered partnership and a registered partnership becomes a marriage
• He/she is a Finnish citizen or is resident in Finland
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Finland is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Finland is illegal.
Since Feb 1, 2004
LGBT employment discrimination in Finland is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Feb 1, 2004
LGBT housing discrimination in Finland is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Feb 1, 2004
Serving openly in military in Finland is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Finland is banned (3-month deferral).
Since May 3, 2021
Until May 11, 2014
Conversion therapy in Finland is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Finland is equal.
Since Jan 1, 1999
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Finland.
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