- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- 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
- ✖ Not 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"
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?"
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)"
By The Numbers
History
Homosexual activity in Netherlands is legal.
Since May 5, 1945
1730–1811
Same-sex marriage in Netherlands is legal.
Since Apr 1, 2001
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Netherlands is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Netherlands is legal, surgery not required.
Since Dec 18, 2013
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Netherlands is unknown.
LGBT employment discrimination in Netherlands is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Jan 1, 1993
LGBT housing discrimination in Netherlands is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Jan 1, 1993
Same-sex adoption in Netherlands is legal.
Since Sep 12, 2000
Serving openly in military in Netherlands is legal.
Since 1974
Blood donations by MSMs in Netherlands is legal.
Since Sep 1, 2021
Conversion therapy in Netherlands is not banned.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Netherlands.
- Zeeland
- Zuid-Holland
- Bonaire (Special Municipality)
- Saba (Special Municipality)
- Sint Eustatius (Special Municipality)