- 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
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"
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)"
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 Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
History
Homosexual activity in Portugal is legal.
Since Sep 23, 1982
Same-sex marriage in Portugal is legal.
Since May 31, 2010
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Portugal is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Portugal is legal, surgery not required.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Portugal is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Portugal is illegal.
Since Jul 24, 2004
LGBT employment discrimination in Portugal is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Jan 16, 2015
LGBT housing discrimination in Portugal is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Portugal is legal.
Since Dec 18, 2015
Until Dec 18, 2015
A single gay or lesbian can adopt.
Co-adoption wasn't approved by the Parliament last March.
Serving openly in military in Portugal is legal.
Since 1999
Blood donations by MSMs in Portugal is legal.
Since Apr 7, 2010
Conversion therapy in Portugal is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Portugal is equal.
Since 2007