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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Unregistered cohabitation
    Censorship
    Ambiguous
    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
    ✔ Legal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Bratislavský kraj

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Homosexual activity in Bratislavský kraj is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1961
Legal
Homosexuality was legalized in the former Czechoslovakia.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
asylumlaw.org/docs/sexualmi…
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Same-sex marriage in Bratislavský kraj

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Same-sex marriage in Bratislavský kraj is unregistered cohabitation.

Current status
Since 2018
Unregistered cohabitation
Since 2018, Slovakia recognizes a close person, defined as a sibling or a spouse. A family member or a person in a relationship shall be considered under law a close person if an injury suffered by one of them is "reasonably felt by the other person as an injury suffered by him or her." Limited rights are granted, namely in the area of inheritance.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy…
slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bratislavský kraj

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bratislavský kraj is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
Though no official legislation exists, the ministry of culture under directions of Minister Martina Šimkovi?ová shut down the Bratislava Art Gallery as it hosted art the ministry deemed to be “homosexual”. Potential legislation in the future is supported by the Fico Government
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
youtube.com/watch?v=rOYjGLJ1wGM
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Right to change legal gender in Bratislavský kraj

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Right to change legal gender in Bratislavský kraj 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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads…
dennikn.sk/3109967/macko-z-…
transfuzia.org/situacia-na-…
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Until Jan 1, 2016
Ambiguous
Legal, requirements ambiguously defined.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
transfuzia.org/situacia-na-…
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Jan 1, 1970–-0001
Legal, but requires surgery
Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploa…
transrightsmap.tgeu.org/
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bratislavský kraj

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
A report by Ilga’s rainbow map shows Slovakia doesn’t recognise none Binary genders
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB…
ilga-europe.org/blog/right-…
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LGBT discrimination in Bratislavský kraj

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LGBT discrimination in Bratislavský kraj 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
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga-europe.org/home/guide_…

rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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LGBT employment discrimination in Bratislavský kraj

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LGBT employment discrimination in Bratislavský kraj 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
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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LGBT housing discrimination in Bratislavský kraj

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LGBT housing discrimination in Bratislavský kraj 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
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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Same-sex adoption in Bratislavský kraj

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Same-sex adoption in Bratislavský kraj 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
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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Serving openly in military in Bratislavský kraj

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Serving openly in military in Bratislavský kraj is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1993
Legal
Legal for all people
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
queerintheworld.com/lgbt-ri…
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Until Dec 31, 1992
N/A
Only place you cannot serve is in Cyprus.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
aktuality.sk/clanok/177475/…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Bratislavský kraj

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

Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Changes pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
topky.sk/cl/10/2540525/Homo…
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Conversion therapy in Bratislavský kraj

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Conversion therapy in Bratislavský kraj 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
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
pinknews.co.uk/2016/03/21/h…
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Equal age of consent in Bratislavský kraj

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Equal age of consent in Bratislavský kraj is equal.

Current status
Equal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
asylumlaw.org/docs/sexualmi…
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