- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- 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
Public opinion in Netherlands appears to be somewhat divided on LGBTQ+ issues, as evidenced by recent studies.
Netherlands Surveys
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, but requires medical diagnosis.
Since Dec 18, 2013
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Netherlands is recognized.
Since 2018
However, judges in Arnhem have ruled that a non-binary person does not have to involve an outside expert to assess whether they should be allowed to have X in their passport, rather than M or V.
Until 2018
LGBT discrimination in Netherlands is illegal.
Since Feb 2023
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 Jan 1, 2024
Conversion therapy in Netherlands is not banned.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Netherlands.
- Aruba (country)
- Curaçao (country)
- Sint Maarten (country)
- Bonaire (Special Municipality)
- Saba (Special Municipality)
- Sint Eustatius (Special Municipality)