LGBT Rights in Slovakia

Homosexuality: ⚢
✔ Legal
Gay Marriage: ⚭
✖ Not legal
Censorship: ✔ No censorship
Changing Gender: ✖ Illegal
Non-binary gender recognition: ✖ Not legally recognized
Discrimination: ✖ Illegal in some contexts
Employment Discrimination: ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
Housing Discrimination: ✖ Sexual orientation only
Adoption: ✖ Single only
Military: ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Donating Blood: ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
Conversion Therapy: ✖ Not banned
Age of Consent: ✔ Equal

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Homosexual activity in Slovakia

Homosexual activity in Slovakia is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1961

Legal

Homosexuality was legalized in the former Czechoslovakia.

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Same-sex marriage in Slovakia

Same-sex marriage in Slovakia is not legal.

Current status

Not legal

Slovakia doesn’t have any Family rights for LGBT+ people, this unfortunately isn’t likely to change

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Slovakia

Censorship of LGBT Issues in Slovakia is no censorship.

Current status

No censorship

In Slovakia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.

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Right to change legal gender in Slovakia

Right to change legal gender in Slovakia is illegal.

Current status
Since 2022

Illegal

Currently it is de facto not possible to change the legal gender. The law requires surgery and sterilization, which was ruled illegal under EU court.
Due to a lack of standards and regulations as of November 18, 2022, healthcare facilities in Slovakia are refusing to treat transgender patients, forcing them to travel abroad for care.

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Until Jan 1, 2016

Ambiguous

Legal, requirements ambiguously defined.

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Jan 1, 1970–-0001

Legal, but requires surgery

Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Slovakia

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Slovakia is not legally recognized.

Current status

Not legally recognized

A report by Ilga’s rainbow map shows Slovakia doesn’t recognise none Binary genders

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LGBT discrimination in Slovakia

LGBT discrimination in Slovakia is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since May 22, 2013

Illegal in some contexts

Homophobia is now considered hate speech, though some policies haven’t been filled like in the west

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LGBT employment discrimination in Slovakia

LGBT employment discrimination in Slovakia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2004

Sexual orientation and gender identity

Act No. 365/2004 on Equal treatment gives protections for LGB People, Trans people would be covered later on when the act was amended in 2018

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LGBT housing discrimination in Slovakia

LGBT housing discrimination in Slovakia is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008

Sexual orientation only

Under the amendment Anti-Discrimination Act, Gays and lesbians are protected, this doesn’t apply to trans people unfortunately

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Same-sex adoption in Slovakia

Same-sex adoption in Slovakia is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017

Single only

LGB couples cannot adopt in Slovakia as of 2023. All single people regardless of sexual orientation can however

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Serving openly in military in Slovakia

Serving openly in military in Slovakia is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1993

Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Of the 27 EU countries, Slovakia is one of the exceptions in which transgender people cannot serve in the military

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Current status

Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned

Only place you can not serve is in Cyprus.

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Blood donations by MSMs in Slovakia

Blood donations by MSMs in Slovakia is banned (1-year deferral).

Current status

Banned (1-year deferral)

Changes pending.

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Conversion therapy in Slovakia

Conversion therapy in Slovakia is not banned.

Current status
Since Jan 22, 2018

Not banned

Not criminalized or regulated, Due to Christian attitudes, this isn’t likely to change

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Equal age of consent in Slovakia

Equal age of consent in Slovakia is equal.

Current status

Equal

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LGBT Rights by Region

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Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (2023)

Belief that LGBTI+ is “an immoral and decadent ideology” (2023)

Acceptance of LGBTI+ people’s rights (2023)

Justifiability of homosexuality (2022)

Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (2022)

Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (2020)

"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2019)

Perceived prevalence of discrimination against sexual orientation (European Union) (2019)

Acceptance of same-sex relationships (European Union) (2019)

Support for transgender people changing legal gender (European Union) (2019)

Perceived prevalence of discrimination against transgender people (European Union) (2019)

Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (2013)

Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (1999)

Justifiability of homosexuality (1999)

Justifiability of homosexuality (1994)

Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (1994)

History

Homosexual activity in Slovakia

Same-sex marriage in Slovakia

Censorship of LGBT Issues in Slovakia

Right to change legal gender in Slovakia

Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Slovakia

LGBT discrimination in Slovakia

LGBT employment discrimination in Slovakia

LGBT housing discrimination in Slovakia

Same-sex adoption in Slovakia

Serving openly in military in Slovakia

Blood donations by MSMs in Slovakia

Conversion therapy in Slovakia

Equal age of consent in Slovakia

LGBT Rights by Region

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