- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
By The Numbers
50%
of people in Kosovo feel fear due to being LGBT
50%
are not afraid
15%
of out LGBT people in Kosovo have been ostracized by family or friends
33%
of LGBT people in Kosovo are out to their friends
16%
are out to parents
20%
are out to siblings
52%
of LGBT people in Kosovo are afraid to speak to families about sexual orientation
65%
of LGBT people in Kosovo feel that their issues are widely disregarded by the media
History
Same-sex marriage in Kosovo is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
The family code of Kosovo defines marriage as between a man and a woman
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kosovo is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
LGBT Organizations And Statements About/Around The Community Are In No Apparent Way Affected By Censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Kosovo is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Transgender people are not allowed to legally change their gender in Kosovo, even if they have undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kosovo is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Neither non-binary nor intersex is recognized in Kosovo
Same-sex adoption in Kosovo is single only.
Current status
Single only
Joint and stepchild adoption are not legal, but there are no restrictions against single gay individuals
Serving openly in military in Kosovo is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are allowed to serve openly in the military, transgenders aren’t. However, they may face discrimination by peers when serving openly.
Blood donations by MSMs in Kosovo is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
According to a 2018 guideline for "Blood Donation Week", those who have "intimate relationships with the same sex" cannot donate blood.
Conversion therapy in Kosovo is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned in Kosovo, however, it is banned in Serbia
Equal age of consent in Kosovo is equal.
Current status
Since 2004
Since 2004
Equal
Kosovo has an equal age of consent for both heterosexual and homosexual sexual activity
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