- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- 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
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt
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"
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2019)
Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"
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"
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)"
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?"
By The Numbers
History
Homosexual activity in France is legal.
Since Sep 25, 1791
Same-sex marriage in France is legal.
Since May 17, 2013
Censorship of LGBT Issues in France is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in France is legal, surgery not required.
According to media reports, in 2010, France became the first country to remove "transsexualism" from their official list of mental illnesses.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in France is not legally recognized.
Since Mar 2016
LGBT discrimination in France is illegal.
Since Dec 30, 2004
LGBT housing discrimination in France is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Jul 6, 1989
Same-sex adoption in France is legal.
Since Apr 17, 2013
Serving openly in military in France is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in France is legal.
Since Mar 16, 2022
Equal age of consent in France is equal.
Since Aug 4, 1982
LGBT Rights by Territory
View the LGBT laws in each individual territory of France.