- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Civil unions
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Ambiguous
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Greece show a discernible level of opposition to LGBTQ+ rights among the population.
Greece Surveys
Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage
History
Homosexual activity in Greece is legal.
Since Dec 23, 2015
Same-sex marriage in Greece is civil unions.
Since Dec 23, 2015
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Greece is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Greece is legal, surgery not required.
Since Oct 10, 2017
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Greece is not legally recognized.
Since Feb 13, 2018
LGBT discrimination in Greece is illegal in some contexts.
Since Dec 24, 2015
LGBT employment discrimination in Greece is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Dec 9, 2016
LGBT housing discrimination in Greece is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Greece is ambiguous.
Since Jan 1, 1996
Serving openly in military in Greece is legal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Greece is legal.
Since Jan 10, 2022
Conversion therapy in Greece is banned.
Since May 11, 2022
The amendment, however, does not include adults who, as stated in Parliament, can undergo conversion therapy with their consent. There is also no mention of people practicing these therapies other than specialists, leaving a legal loophole for spiritual leaders and priests. The LGBT+ organizations protested and demanded the inclusion of all the above
At the same time, the provision prohibits professionals from inviting, promoting or advertising conversion practices performed by themselves or other third parties, professionals or not.
Violation of the law in addition to the prescribed disciplinary and administrative sanctions, will be punished with imprisonment and a fine, while the repeated commission of the above act constitutes an aggravating circumstance.
Until May 10, 2022
Today, while some psychologists continue to use therapies such as disgust, the most commonly used techniques include a variety of behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, and other practices that seek to change or reduce a person's same-sex attraction or gender identity. Lesser known but still active practices are beatings, sexual violence - even rape -, isolation, deprivation of food, electroshock, administration of drugs and other drugs, psychological violence, as well as exorcisms or other sessions.
The church is also promoting these therapies through the church-funded omofylofilia.gr site.
Equal age of consent in Greece is equal.
Since Dec 23, 2015
LGBT Rights by department
View the LGBT laws in each individual department of Greece.
- Achaïa
- Aitolia kai Akarnania
- Argolida
- Arkadia
- Arta
- Attiki
- Chalkidiki
- Chania
- Chios
- Dodekanisos
- Drama
- Evros
- Evrytania
- Evvoia
- Florina
- Fokida
- Fthiotida
- Grevena
- Ileia
- Imathia
- Ioannina
- Irakleio
- Karditsa
- Kastoria
- Kavala
- Kefallonia
- Kerkyra
- Kilkis
- Korinthia
- Kozani
- Kyklades
- Lakonia
- Larisa
- Lasithi
- Lefkada
- Lesvos
- Magnisia
- Messinia
- Pella
- Pieria
- Preveza
- Rethymno
- Rodopi
- Samos
- Serres
- Thesprotia
- Thessaloniki
- Trikala
- Voiotia
- Xanthi
- Zakynthos
- Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (administrative regions)
- Attiki (administrative regions)
- Dytiki Ellada (administrative regions)
- Dytiki Makedonia (administrative regions)
- Ionia Nisia (administrative regions)
- Ipeiros (administrative regions)
- Kentriki Makedonia (administrative regions)
- Kriti (administrative regions)
- Notio Aigaio (administrative regions)
- Peloponnisos (administrative regions)
- Sterea Ellada (administrative regions)
- Thessalia (administrative regions)
- Voreio Aigaio (administrative regions)
- Agio Oros (self-governed part)