Viana do Castelo is governed by federal Portugal law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✔ Full ban
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Viana do Castelo is legal.
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
With the adoption of a new penal code in 1886, Portugal criminalised same-sex conduct. For some of this period, there was varying formality in the criminalisation but throughout LGB people were persecuted and imprisoned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Viana do Castelo is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Portugal, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Viana do Castelo is legal, no restrictions.
Current status
Since Aug 8, 2018
Legal, no restrictions
The law allows adults to change their legal gender based on self-detirmination without any requirements. Minors aged 16 and 17 must have parental consent and a professional psychological opinion.
Legal, but requires surgery under federal Portugal law
Individuals in Portugal can legally change their gender and name on their birth certificate.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Viana do Castelo is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Even though gender self-identification is possible in Portugal, non-binary identities are not yet legally recognized here.
Hate crime protections in Viana do Castelo is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since 2024
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Excerpts related to Hate crime
Article 132 – Aggravated Murder
1. When death is produced under circumstances that reveal a special reprehensibility or perversity, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from 12 to 25 years.
2. The following circumstances reveal the special reprehensibility or perversity that is referred to in the previous paragraph, namely, the circumstance that the agent:
(...)
(f) is determined by racial, religious, political hatred or based on the victim’s colour, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity;
(...)
Article 132 – Aggravated Murder
1. When death is produced under circumstances that reveal a special reprehensibility or perversity, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from 12 to 25 years.
2. The following circumstances reveal the special reprehensibility or perversity that is referred to in the previous paragraph, namely, the circumstance that the agent:
(...)
(f) is determined by racial, religious, political hatred or based on the victim’s colour, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity;
(...)
LGBT employment discrimination in Viana do Castelo is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 16, 2015
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Gender identity is now an explicit protected ground in the labour code.
LGBT housing discrimination in Viana do Castelo is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Feb 12, 2019
Sexual orientation and gender identity under federal Portugal law
In February 2019, Portugal passed a law prohibiting discrimination in housing against LGBTIQ+ people. The law lists sexual orientation as a protected characteristic and while gender identity isn’t explicitly listed, it is a protected characteristic constitutionally meaning that it could still be protected from such discrimination.
Same-sex adoption in Viana do Castelo is legal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 2016
Legal
Now same sex adoption is possible for not only individuals but same sex couples.
Serving openly in military in Viana do Castelo is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 8, 2024
Legal
Transgender and non-binary people are now allowed to serve after executive order 318/202. Executive order 318/202, stipulates that “other endocrine dysfunctions, namely dysfunctions of the gonadal hormonal system, congenital or acquired and requiring permanent chronic hormone replacement therapy” are no longer grounds for excluding candidates.
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Portugal is not one of the 22 countries that allows trans military service.
Trans people aren't explicitly banned from joining the army, but due to discrimination and regulations that also apply to cis people, but more commonly affect trans people, they are unable to join.
Trans people aren't explicitly banned from joining the army, but due to discrimination and regulations that also apply to cis people, but more commonly affect trans people, they are unable to join.
Blood donations by MSMs in Viana do Castelo is legal.
Current status
Since Apr 7, 2010
Legal
In Portugal, blood donations have rules regarding sexual behaviour but they are the same for homosexual and heterosexual people. While discrimination is illegal according to the Portuguese Constitution, discrimination is widely reported amongst the LGBTQ+ community and new legislation was discussed in 2021 to address this.
Conversion therapy in Viana do Castelo is banned.
Current status
Since Jan 11, 2019
Banned
In 2019, after an open letter by 250 psychologists to the regulatory Ordem dos Psicólogos, the body affirmed that conversion therapy is malpractice and has no basis in science and is not justifiable. All psychologists wishing to practice in Portugal must be licensed with the Ordem dos Psicólogos.
Additionally, a bill that bans conversion therapy was passed by the parliament on December 21st, 2023. It was signed by the President a few weeks later and took effect on March 1st, 2024.
Additionally, a bill that bans conversion therapy was passed by the parliament on December 21st, 2023. It was signed by the President a few weeks later and took effect on March 1st, 2024.
Until Jan 10, 2019
Not banned
There is no legislation prohibiting conversion therapy in Portugal.
Equal age of consent in Viana do Castelo is equal.
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