Eschen is governed by federal Liechtenstein law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Ambiguous
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- Ambiguous
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Eschen is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 1989
Legal
Sections 129 and 130 of the Criminal Code were repealed in 1989 when a new penal code was adopted.
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Sections 129 and 130 of the Austrian Criminal Code (which was adopted by Liechtenstein) criminalized fornication against nature, which was defined to include sex between persons of the same sex. The punishment for consensual “fornication against nature” was one to five years of imprisonment.
Same-sex marriage in Eschen is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2025
Civil unions (marriage rights)
In 2011, Liechtenstein approved registered partnerships following a referendum. 68.8% of people voted in favor of the referendum, and 31.2% of people voted against it. The registered partnerships gave gay couples the same rights as heterosexual couples in inheritance, social security, immigration and taxation.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Eschen is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Liechtenstein, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Eschen is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Although there is no law that allows gender change, some people have been able to change their legal gender by seeking a court order
Gender-affirming care in Eschen is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
It is unclear if trans people can seek gender affirming care in Liechtenstein or have to go abroad but they are not explicitly prohibited.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Eschen is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
According to the ILGA Europe, there's no recognition of non-binary gender in Liechtenstein.
Hate crime protections in Eschen is ambiguous.
Current status
Since 1987
Ambiguous
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LGBT discrimination in Eschen is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2016
Illegal in some contexts
LGBT employment discrimination in Eschen is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no legal protections against LGBT discrimination in employment.
LGBT housing discrimination in Eschen is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There is no explicit legal protection against LGBT discrimination in housing.
Intersex infant surgery in Eschen is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary genital 'normalisation' surgery on intersex infants in Liechtenstein.
Blood donations by MSMs in Eschen is legal.
Conversion therapy in Eschen is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
In Liechtenstein, conversion therapy is currently not banned.
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