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- 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 (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
Public Opinion
"Should Society Accept Homosexuality?"
France ranks #8 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 4, 2013)
(22%) No
Yes (77%)
By The Numbers
35%
of French Muslims find homosexual acts to be acceptable
(Gallup, 2009)
History
Current status
(since Sep 25, 1791)
(since Sep 25, 1791)
Legal
The law of 1791 decriminalized homosexual activity, however, it does not recognize homosexuality itself.
Current status
(since May 17, 2013)
(since May 17, 2013)
Legal
Legal, surgery not required
No surgery required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Individuals can legally change their gender in France. Sex reassignment surgery is state-funded.
According to media reports, in 2010, France became the first country to remove "transsexualism" from their official list of mental illnesses.
According to media reports, in 2010, France became the first country to remove "transsexualism" from their official list of mental illnesses.
Current status
(since Apr 17, 2013)
(since Apr 17, 2013)
Legal
Current status
(since Dec 30, 2004)
(since Dec 30, 2004)
Illegal
Current status
(since Jul 6, 1989)
(since Jul 6, 1989)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Current status
(since Aug 4, 1982)
(since Aug 4, 1982)
Equal
The age of consent in France is 15 for both male-male, female-female, and male-female sex.
Current status
(since Sep 26, 2016)
(since Sep 26, 2016)
Not banned
Not criminalized. Conversion therapy ban pending. Suggested by UN LGBT rights Expert.
Current status
Not banned
No
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