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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✔ Legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Military
    ✔ Legal
    Adoption
    Unknown
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✔ Banned
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Public Opinion

Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition

Ranked #10 out of 27 countries surveyed. (Source: Ipsos, April–May, 2021)
(10%) Against
Support (81%)

Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt

Ranked #12 out of 27 countries surveyed. (Source: Ipsos, April–May, 2021)
(24%) Disagree
Agree (69%)

Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors

Ranked #13 out of 79 countries surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)

Question: "On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbors?"

(7.4%) Mentioned homosexuals
Did not mention homosexuals (90.1%)

Justifiability of homosexuality

Ranked #8 out of 79 countries surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)

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."

(13.2%) Not justifiable
Justifiable (68.3%)

Opinion on same-sex couples as parents

Ranked #11 out of 74 countries surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)

Question: "Homosexual couples are as good parents as other couples"

(18.7%) Disagree
Agree (61.3%)

"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2019)

Ranked #4 out of 34 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, May–October, 2019)

Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"

(11%) No
Yes (86%)

"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013)

Ranked #2 out of 39 countries surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June, 2013)

Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"

(11%) No
Yes (87%)

By The Numbers

60%
of Muslims in Germany approve of gay marriage
(The Religion Monitor Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2015)

History

Homosexual activity in Germany

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Homosexual activity in Germany is legal.

Current status
Since 1969
Legal
East Germany decriminalized homosexual behavior in 1968, West Germany followed suit in 1969.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
academia.edu/402849/_Decrim…
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Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Paragraph 175 was amended during Nazi rule to create harsher penalties for homosexual behavior. Imprisonment was to range from three (3) months to ten (10) years in prison. Many homosexual men died in the Nazi concentration camps they were sent to.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ushmm.org/research/library/…
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Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
No minimum or maximum sentences given.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
glbtq.com/social-sciences/p…
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Same-sex marriage in Germany

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Same-sex marriage in Germany is legal.

Current status
Since Oct 1, 2017
Legal
A bill for marriage equality passed the Bundestag on 30 June 2017 and the Bundesrat on 7 July, becoming law on 1 October.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
thelocal.de/20170630/germanz/
bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe…
nytimes.com/2017/10/01/worl…
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Aug 1, 2001–Sep 30, 2017
Civil unions
Germany recognizes civil unions and provides tax benefits to couples in a civil union.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2012011…//www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/ls20020717_1bvf000101.html
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Germany

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Germany is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Germany, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Germany

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Right to change legal gender in Germany is legal, surgery not required.

Current status
Since Jan 28, 2011
Legal, surgery not required
The German Constitutional Court found the provision that required surgery to change one's legal gender unconstitutional.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
tgeu.org/german-constitutio…
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Sep 10, 1980–Jan 28, 2011
Legal, but requires surgery
Germans can change their name and gender. Article 1 of Transsexuellengesetz (Transsexuals Act of 10 September 1980)
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gesetze-im-internet.de/tsg/…
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LGBT discrimination in Germany

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LGBT discrimination in Germany is illegal.

Current status
Since Jun 29, 2006
Illegal
National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gesetze-im-internet.de/bund…
efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Ant…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Germany

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LGBT employment discrimination in Germany is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since 2006
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Due to Germany being a Federal Republic many states have had anti-discrimination laws as early as 1992. But by signing the Treaty of Amsterdam (EU) Germany amended its national anti-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Ant…
sueddeutsche.de/karriere/gl…
gesetze-im-internet.de/bund…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Germany

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LGBT housing discrimination in Germany is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Aug 18, 2006
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Landlords are not allowed to discriminate based on gender or sexual identity.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
gesetze-im-internet.de/agg/…
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Germany

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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Germany is legal.

Current status
Since 2000
Legal
Article 3 protects against unequal treatment on grounds of sexual orientation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lsvd.de/bund/recht/bwsex02.html
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Same-sex adoption in Germany

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Same-sex adoption in Germany is unknown.


Feb 19, 2013–Aug 22, 2018
Legal
Will become legal in 2019. Full legalization pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Feb 19, 2013–Sep 30, 2017
Step-child adoption only
Same-sex couples in Germany can legally adopt a step-child, biological or not of the other partner.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
dw.de/germany-strengthens-g…
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Current status
Unknown

Equal age of consent in Germany

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Equal age of consent in Germany is equal.

Current status
Since 1988
Equal
The age of consent is 14 equal for both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples in Germany.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/w…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Germany

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Blood donations by MSMs in Germany is banned (1-year deferral).

Current status
Since Aug 7, 2017
Banned (1-year deferral)
Since 2017.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagn…
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Until Aug 7, 2017
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
(sources in German language)
tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/st…
zeit.de/wissen/2010-06/schw…
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Conversion therapy in Germany

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Conversion therapy in Germany is banned.

Current status
Since Mar 8, 2020
Banned
On the 7th of March Germany banned Conversion Therapy for minors.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bbc.com/news/world-europe-52585162
bundesgesundheitsministeriu…
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