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1795,<br />age of consent (re)equalized in 1985</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gender_identity" title="Gender identity">Gender identity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Transgender persons allowed to change legal gender without surgery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/LGBT_people_and_military_service" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT people and military service">Military</a></th><td class="infobox-data">LGBT people allowed to serve openly</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Anti-discrimination_law" title="Anti-discrimination law">Discrimination protections</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Sexual orientation and gender identity protections (<a href="#Discrimination_protections_and_hate_crimes">see below</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Family rights</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Template:Same-sex_unions" title="Template:Same-sex unions">Recognition of relationships</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Belgium" title="Same-sex marriage in Belgium">Statutory cohabitation since 2000</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Belgium" title="Same-sex marriage in Belgium">Same-sex marriage since 2003</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption" title="Same-sex adoption">Adoption</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Full adoption rights since 2006</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">Lesbian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bisexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisexual">bisexual</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a>, and queer (<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</a>) rights in Belgium are regarded as some of the most <a href="/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">progressive</a> in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and the world.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brusselstimes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brusselstimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, <a href="/wiki/ILGA-Europe" title="ILGA-Europe">ILGA-Europe</a> ranked Belgium as second in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> for LGBT rights protection, behind <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Malta">Malta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, ILGA-Europe ranked Belgium the third highest after Malta and <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Iceland">Iceland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Same-sex sexual activity was legalised in 1795, with an equal <a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent" title="Age of consent">age of consent</a>, except from 1965 until 1985. After granting same-sex couples <a href="/wiki/Domestic_partnership" title="Domestic partnership">domestic partnership</a> benefits in 2000, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> became the second country in the world to legalise <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> in 2003. <a href="/wiki/LGBT_adoption" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT adoption">Same-sex adoption</a> was fully legalised in 2006 under the same terms and conditions as heterosexual adoption,<sup id="cite_ref-brusselstimes_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brusselstimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">lesbian</a> couples can access <a href="/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation" title="In vitro fertilisation">IVF</a> as well. Protections from discrimination based on <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation" title="Sexual orientation">sexual orientation</a> in employment, housing, and public and private accommodations were enacted in 2003 and on <a href="/wiki/Gender_identity" title="Gender identity">gender identity</a> and expression in 2014. Transgender people have been allowed to change their legal gender since 2007, though under certain restrictions which were repealed in 2018. Additionally, conversion therapy was banned in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belgium has frequently been referred to as one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with recent polls indicating that a majority of Belgians support same-sex marriage and adoption rights. The previous <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a>, is an openly gay man, and was one of the few <a href="/wiki/Heads_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of government">heads of government</a> in the world to openly identify as LGBT. <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Smet" title="Pascal Smet">Pascal Smet</a>, the former Flemish Minister of Education and Brussels Minister of Mobility, is also openly gay. With the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Petra_De_Sutter" title="Petra De Sutter">Petra De Sutter</a> as Minister of Civil Service in 2020, Belgium is one of the first countries in the world to have an openly <a href="/wiki/Transgender_woman" class="mw-redirect" title="Transgender woman">transgender woman</a> as a government minister. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_regarding_same-sex_sexual_activity">Law regarding same-sex sexual activity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Law regarding same-sex sexual activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 1795, the modern borders of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Belgium">Kingdom of Belgium</a> existed mostly within the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> and was divided between the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Bouillon" title="Duchy of Bouillon">Duchy of Bouillon</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Prince-Bishopric of Liège">Prince-Bishopric of Liège</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">Kingdom of France</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Seven_United_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of the Seven United Netherlands">Republic of the Seven United Netherlands</a>. </p><p>Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1795 (when the country was a French possession).<sup id="cite_ref-ILGA_2013_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILGA_2013-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Article 372 of the Penal Code sets the age of consent to 16, regardless of sexual orientation and/or gender. This was briefly increased to 18 for same-sex sexual activity between 1965 and 1985 by the addition and later repeal of article 372bis to the Penal Code. It was inserted by an amendment of MP <a href="/w/index.php?title=Freddy_Terwagne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Freddy Terwagne (page does not exist)">Freddy Terwagne</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Terwagne" class="extiw" title="nl:Freddy Terwagne">nl</a>; <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Terwagne" class="extiw" title="fr:Freddy Terwagne">fr</a>]</span> to the law of 8 April 1965 on youth protection.<sup id="cite_ref-LOI-WET_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOI-WET-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Senate_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Senate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1980's, the case <a href="/wiki/Eliane_Morissens" title="Eliane Morissens">Eliane Morissens</a> (a lesbian teacher who had suffered employment discrimination) sparked a debate on institutional homophobia, which resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Vooruit_(political_party)" title="Vooruit (political party)">Flemish Socialist Party</a> declaring its support for an equal age of consent.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1982, a law repealing article 372bis was submitted by MP <a href="/wiki/Luc_Van_den_Bossche" title="Luc Van den Bossche">Luc Van den Bossche</a>. The law was approved by the Chamber of Representatives on 13 May 1983, and by the Senate in June 1985. It was enacted on 18 June 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-LOI-WET_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOI-WET-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Senate_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Senate-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition_of_same-sex_relationships">Recognition of same-sex relationships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recognition of same-sex relationships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Belgium" title="Same-sex marriage in Belgium">Same-sex marriage in Belgium</a></div> <p>Belgium became the second country to allow <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriages</a> in 2003 (after the <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Netherlands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Same-sex couples have the same legal rights as opposite-sex couples.<sup id="cite_ref-brusselstimes_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brusselstimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Flemish_people" title="Flemish people">Flemish</a> bishops of the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Conference_of_Belgium" title="Episcopal Conference of Belgium">Belgian bishops conference</a> published on 20 September 2022 a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">liturgical</a> document for the blessing of same-sex unions.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adoption_and_family_planning">Adoption and family planning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adoption and family planning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/LGBT_parenting" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT parenting">LGBT parenting</a></div> <p>Same-sex couples have had the same rights as opposite-sex couples in <a href="/wiki/LGBT_adoption" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT adoption">adopting</a> children since 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, lesbian couples can access <a href="/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation" title="In vitro fertilisation">in vitro fertilisation</a>. </p><p>A legal inequality compared to heterosexual couples still existed with regards to children: the husband of the biological mother was automatically legally recognised as the father (by article 135 of the Civil Code), but this was not the case in a same-sex couple for the wife of the mother. To be recognised as the co-mother, she had to complete an adoption procedure. This accounted for the large majority of adoption cases in Belgium. The <a href="/wiki/Di_Rupo_Government" title="Di Rupo Government">Di Rupo Government</a> promised to fix this, and in 2014, as the Netherlands recently passed similar legislation, LGBT organisations pressured the government about their promise. Subsequently, legislators worked to agree on a solution.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bill fixing this inequality was approved by the Senate on 3 April 2014 on a 48–2 vote (with one abstention), and by the Chamber of Representatives on 23 April on a 114–10 vote (with one abstention). The bill received royal assent on 5 May and went into effect on 1 January 2015. </p><p>Generally, adoption law is regulated at the federal level, whereas the adoption procedure is managed by the community governments. Between 2006 and 2014, 56 male same-sex couples and two female same-sex couples had domestically adopted a child in the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Community" title="Flemish Community">Flemish Community</a> (<a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>). In the same period, 12 children were domestically adopted in the <a href="/wiki/French_Community_of_Belgium" title="French Community of Belgium">French Community</a>, giving a total of 70 LGBT domestic adoptions in Belgium in that period.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discrimination_protections_and_hate_crimes">Discrimination protections and hate crimes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Discrimination protections and hate crimes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_16-32-40_ILCE-6500_DSC09005_(41337704795).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_16-32-40_ILCE-6500_DSC09005_%2841337704795%29.jpg/250px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_16-32-40_ILCE-6500_DSC09005_%2841337704795%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_16-32-40_ILCE-6500_DSC09005_%2841337704795%29.jpg/375px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_16-32-40_ILCE-6500_DSC09005_%2841337704795%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_16-32-40_ILCE-6500_DSC09005_%2841337704795%29.jpg/500px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_16-32-40_ILCE-6500_DSC09005_%2841337704795%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="3376" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/ILGA-Europe" title="ILGA-Europe">ILGA-Europe</a> at the 2018 Belgian Pride parade, <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The anti-discrimination law of 25 February 2003 included discrimination protections on the basis of sex and sexual orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law was replaced by a similar law in 2007, known as the <i>Anti Discrimination Law 2007</i> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Wet ter bestrijding van bepaalde vormen van discriminatie</i>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Loi tendant à lutter contre certaines formes de discrimination</i>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Gesetz zur Bekämpfung bestimmter Formen von Diskriminierung</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2003 and 2007 anti-discrimination laws also establish penalty enhancements for <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">crimes motivated by hate</a> on the basis of, among others, sex and sexual orientation. </p><p>On 29 November 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Di_Rupo_Government" title="Di Rupo Government">Federal Government</a> approved an expansion of the anti-discrimination law to include gender identity and gender expression. It was approved by the Federal Parliament and received <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> on 22 May 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 December 2014, the jury of the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_assizes_(Belgium)" title="Court of assizes (Belgium)">court of assizes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a> found four people guilty of the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Ihsane_Jarfi" title="Murder of Ihsane Jarfi">murder of Ihsane Jarfi</a>, motivated by homophobia. It was the first case in Belgium in which a crime was officially qualified as being motivated by hate on the basis of sexual orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Equal_Opportunities_and_Opposition_to_Racism" title="Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism">Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism</a> reported it had processed 125 cases of homophobic discrimination in 2018, a 38% increase over the past five years. This included 17 physical attacks, 42 public homophobic insults, 17 housing discrimination cases, and 31 online attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A study, published in May 2019 and commissioned by Secretary of State for Equal Opportunities Bianca Debaets, found that 90% of LGBT people in Brussels had been the victim of verbal or psychological harassment, with a third stating that had been physically assaulted.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conversion_therapy_practices">Conversion therapy practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Conversion therapy practices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 20 July 2023, Parliament approved a law that bans conversion practices, defined as "any practice consisting of or including physical intervention or the application of psychological pressure, which the perpetrator or victim believes or claims is intended to repress or to alter a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, whether that characteristic is actually present or merely assumed by the perpetrator." Punishment range from imprisonment of 8 days to 2 years and/or a fine of 208 to 2400 euros, and a professional ban up to 5 years.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transgender_rights">Transgender rights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transgender rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gender_self-identification_in_Europe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of Europe showing countries that allow gender self-identification in coral red" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gender_self-identification_in_Europe.svg/220px-Gender_self-identification_in_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gender_self-identification_in_Europe.svg/330px-Gender_self-identification_in_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gender_self-identification_in_Europe.svg/440px-Gender_self-identification_in_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f07668; color:black;"> </span> Countries in Europe allowing gender self-identification</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Law of 10 May 2007 on transsexuality</i> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Wet van 10 mei 2007 betreffende de transseksualiteit</i>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Loi du 10 mai 2007 relative à la transsexualité</i>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Gesetz vom 10. Mai 2007 über die Transsexualität</i>) grants Belgians the right to change their legal gender.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to this, a gender change was only possible through a court judgment. Between 2002 and 2012, there was a yearly average of 31 men and 14 women who officially changed their legal gender, with an increase after the 2007 law came into in effect.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conditions included that the person has a "constant and irreversible inner conviction to belong to the sex opposite to that mentioned in the birth certificate" and that "the physical body is adapted to the opposite sex as far as possible and justified from a medical point of view", meaning applicants were required to undergo <a href="/wiki/Sterilization_(medicine)" title="Sterilization (medicine)">sterilisation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex reassignment surgery">sex reassignment surgery</a>. </p><p>Plans to amend the law to remove these requirements were announced by the <a href="/wiki/Michel_I_Government" title="Michel I Government">Michel Government</a> in 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> passed by the Chamber of Representatives (and signed by King <a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">Philippe</a>) in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and took effect on 1 January 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after the law took effect in January 2018, LGBT rights organisations challenged it before the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_(Belgium)" title="Constitutional Court (Belgium)">Constitutional Court</a> of Belgium, arguing that the binary choice (male or female) and the ability of changing one's sex only once remain discriminatory.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2019, the Constitutional Court ruled that the law is unconstitutional and must therefore be amended. Currently, it is only possible to change gender on the identity card from male to female or vice versa, but according to the court, persons who are <a href="/wiki/Genderqueer" class="mw-redirect" title="Genderqueer">non-binary</a> are excluded from this rule. The court held that an "<a href="/wiki/Legal_recognition_of_non-binary_gender" title="Legal recognition of non-binary gender">X</a>" sex option should be available. The Constitutional Court has asked the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Federal_Parliament" title="Belgian Federal Parliament">Belgian Federal Parliament</a> to work on an arrangement that complies with the ruling, whether through the "creation of one or more additional categories" or the removal of gender from compulsory registration.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/De_Croo_Government" title="De Croo Government">De Croo Government</a> has agreed to amend the current law. Their 2020 coalition agreement states that "legislation will be amended in accordance with the ruling of the Constitutional Court. The further implications of that will be investigated."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To change <a href="/wiki/Legal_sex" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal sex">legal sex</a>, adults have to file an application with a statement that their legal sex does not correspond with their gender identity. No surgery or other medical or psychological treatment or opinion is required. After filing an application, the government informs the applying person about the legal consequences of a requested change. The applicant has to renew their intent to have their legal sex changed within three months of application and to declare that they are aware of the legal consequences of a change. Minors between 12 and 16 have the possibility to change their first name, but not sex. Minors aged 16 and 17 have the possibility to apply for a sex change with parental consent and a psychological opinion confirming that their decision has been taken freely and without any outside pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the National Register, 727 transgender Belgians changed their legal gender under the new law in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Belgian hospitals, the <a href="/wiki/Ghent_University_Hospital" title="Ghent University Hospital">Ghent University Hospital</a> (UZ Gent) among them, are known for their specialisation in <a href="/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex reassignment surgery">sex reassignment surgery</a>. Many French transgender people go there due to a lack of accepting hospitals in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intersex_rights">Intersex rights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Intersex rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Intersex" title="Intersex">Intersex</a> infants in Belgium may undergo <a href="/wiki/Intersex_medical_interventions" title="Intersex medical interventions">medical interventions</a> to have their sex characteristics altered. Human rights groups increasingly consider these surgeries unnecessary and, they argue, should only be performed if the applicant consents to the operation. In February 2019, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended Belgium to ban these surgeries and provide intersex infants and their parents counseling and support.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first intersex organization in Flanders, <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Intersekse Vlaanderen</i></span>, was officially registered in August 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_military_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual orientation and military service">Sexual orientation and military service</a></div> <p>LGBT people are free to serve openly in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Armed_Forces" title="Belgian Armed Forces">Belgian Armed Forces</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_and_blood_donation">Health and blood donation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Health and blood donation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Belgium, as in many other countries, <a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men" title="Men who have sex with men">men who have sex with men</a> (MSM) were previously not allowed to donate blood. In 2017, the blanket ban was repealed and replaced with a one-year deferral period.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-www.fdf.be_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.fdf.be-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-arcenciel-wallonie.be_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arcenciel-wallonie.be-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-www.zoegenot.be_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.zoegenot.be-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Health Minister <a href="/wiki/Maggie_De_Block" title="Maggie De Block">Maggie De Block</a> promised to re-evaluate the law using the newest scientific discoveries. In November 2016, she announced the ban would be amended in 2017, making it possible for gay and bisexual men to donate blood after a year of abstinence from sex.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regulations to this effect were approved on 28 April 2017 by the Council of Ministers. On 1 July 2023, the deferral period was shortened to 4 months.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, the Flemish Red Cross announced it was banning transgender people from donating blood in Flanders. Following consultations with health and LGBT groups, it reversed course and lifted the ban on 30 September 2019. Transgender people can donate subject to a three-month deferral period after starting hormonal therapy and a 4-month deferral period after having sex with a new partner or a 12-month deferral after the last sexual encounter with people considered to be of high-risk of having <a href="/wiki/STDs" class="mw-redirect" title="STDs">STDs</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Swinging_(sexual_practice)" title="Swinging (sexual practice)">swingers</a> and MSM.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, LGBT groups, financed by the Flemish Ministry of Health, launched an LGBT suicide prevention project called <i>lumi.be</i>, and a specific transgender suicide prevention website called <i>gendervonk.be</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Living_conditions">Living conditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Living conditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LGBT people are generally socially accepted in Belgium. There is a strong gay community, with numerous gay clubs, bars, venues and events. A 2006 European Union member poll showed that 62% of Belgians supported the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the whole of Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2015 <a href="/wiki/Eurobarometer" title="Eurobarometer">Eurobarometer</a> found that 77% of Belgians thought that same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, 20% were against.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2019 Eurobarometer showed that 84% of Belgians believed gay and bisexual people should enjoy the same rights as heterosexual people, and 82% supported same-sex marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2023 Eurobarometer found that 79% of Belgians thought same-sex marriage should be allowed throughout Europe, and 80% agreed that "there is nothing wrong in a sexual relationship between two persons of the same sex".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antwerp_Pride_2018-08-11_154118.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Antwerp_Pride_2018-08-11_154118.jpg/250px-Antwerp_Pride_2018-08-11_154118.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Antwerp_Pride_2018-08-11_154118.jpg/375px-Antwerp_Pride_2018-08-11_154118.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Antwerp_Pride_2018-08-11_154118.jpg/500px-Antwerp_Pride_2018-08-11_154118.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>N-VA at the <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> Pride 2018 with the slogan "free and safe in [our] city"</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_15-28-03_ILCE-6500_DSC08392_(40428340160).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_15-28-03_ILCE-6500_DSC08392_%2840428340160%29.jpg/250px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_15-28-03_ILCE-6500_DSC08392_%2840428340160%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_15-28-03_ILCE-6500_DSC08392_%2840428340160%29.jpg/375px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_15-28-03_ILCE-6500_DSC08392_%2840428340160%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_15-28-03_ILCE-6500_DSC08392_%2840428340160%29.jpg/500px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_15-28-03_ILCE-6500_DSC08392_%2840428340160%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="3376" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">PTB/PVDA</a> at Belgian Pride 2018, along with its student wing (<a href="/wiki/Comac_(youth_movement)" title="Comac (youth movement)">Comac</a>) and its youth wing (RedFox)</figcaption></figure> <p>LGBT rights are supported by the main political parties. When voting on the same-sex marriage bill, the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Flemish Liberals and Democrats</a> (VLD), the <a href="/wiki/Christen-Democratisch_en_Vlaams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams">Christian People's Party</a> (CVP/CD&V), the <a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a> (PS), the <a href="/wiki/Socialistische_Partij_Anders" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialistische Partij Anders">Socialist Party Differently</a> (sp.a), <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agalev" class="mw-redirect" title="Agalev">Agalev</a> and the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Union_(Belgium)" title="People's Union (Belgium)">People's Union</a> voted generally in favour except for several abstentions, whereas the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Block" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish Block">Flemish Block</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Front_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (Belgium)">National Front</a> voted against, the <a href="/wiki/Centre_d%C3%A9mocrate_humaniste" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre démocrate humaniste">Christian Social Party</a> (CSP/cdH) voted against with several abstentions and the <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">Reformist Movement</a> (MR) voted dividedly. The right-wing <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Interest" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish Interest">Flemish Interest</a> (<i>Vlaams Belang</i>, formerly Flemish Block) was opposed to same-sex marriage and LGBT rights more broadly, but has softened its stance in recent years. In 2015, party leader <a href="/wiki/Tom_Van_Grieken" title="Tom Van Grieken">Tom Van Grieken</a> said the party would not campaign to repeal same-sex marriage. Member of the Flemish Parliament <a href="/wiki/Filip_Dewinter" title="Filip Dewinter">Filip Dewinter</a> told the newspaper <i>De Standaard</i> in 2014 that the party would now approve of same-sex marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several politicians are openly gay, two notable examples being the former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">PS</a>) and the former Flemish Minister for Education (in the <a href="/wiki/Peeters_II_Government" title="Peeters II Government">Peeters II Government</a>), <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Smet" title="Pascal Smet">Pascal Smet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vooruit_(political_party)" title="Vooruit (political party)">Vooruit</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LGBT members of the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Parliament" title="Flemish Parliament">Flemish Parliament</a> include, among others, <a href="/wiki/Piet_De_Bruyn" title="Piet De Bruyn">Piet De Bruyn</a> (<a href="/wiki/N-VA" class="mw-redirect" title="N-VA">N-VA</a>), <a href="/wiki/Lorin_Parys" title="Lorin Parys">Lorin Parys</a> (N-VA) and <a href="/wiki/Wellen" title="Wellen">Wellen</a> Mayor <a href="/w/index.php?title=Els_Robeyns&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Els Robeyns (page does not exist)">Els Robeyns</a> (sp.a). </p><p>On 2 April 2014, the Flemish Parliament approved 96–0 (with 15 abstentions) a resolution introduced by MP <a href="/wiki/Piet_De_Bruyn" title="Piet De Bruyn">Piet De Bruyn</a> (N-VA) and supported by all political parties except <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Interest" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish Interest">Flemish Interest</a>, calling for the government to take measures to support and advance the acceptance of transgender people in society.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Belgium" title="2014 European Parliament election in Belgium">2014 European Parliament election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghent_University_Hospital" title="Ghent University Hospital">UZ Gent</a> gynaecologist <a href="/wiki/Petra_De_Sutter" title="Petra De Sutter">Petra De Sutter</a> was second on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_candidates_in_the_European_Parliament_election,_2014_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of candidates in the European Parliament election, 2014 (Belgium)">list</a> of <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Green</a> candidates, marking it the first time a Belgian transgender person was a candidate for the EU Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> De Sutter has served as a member of the Belgian Senate since June 2014, and joined the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> for the <a href="/wiki/European_Green_Party" title="European Green Party">European Green Party</a> after the <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election" title="2019 European Parliament election">2019 elections</a>. She left the European Parliament in 2020, and was sworn in as Minister of Civil Service in October of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the 2014 European Parliament elections, the <a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">New Flemish Alliance</a> (N-VA) was criticized for joining the <a href="/wiki/European_Conservatives_and_Reformists_Group" title="European Conservatives and Reformists Group">European Conservatives and Reformists</a> parliamentary group, which contains several right-wing homophobic parties. However, N-VA asserted they would vote in favour of LGBT rights, and argued that this was an opportunity to change opinions of other parties in that group.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Dominiek_Spinnewyn-Sneppe" title="Dominiek Spinnewyn-Sneppe">Dominiek Spinnewyn-Sneppe</a>, newly-elected federal member of Parliament and member of Flemish Interest, was quoted in an interview as criticizing same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. After public outcry, party chairman <a href="/wiki/Tom_Van_Grieken" title="Tom Van Grieken">Tom Van Grieken</a> condemned her words, claiming they did not reflect his own opinion or that of the party. While he defended her right to free speech, he claimed that Flemish Interest will not seek to reverse any acquired rights of the LGBT community.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Homosexuality is widely accepted in the media. Popular TV series such as <i><a href="/wiki/Thuis" title="Thuis">Thuis</a></i>, <i><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skam_France/Belgique" class="extiw" title="fr:Skam France/Belgique">Skam Belgique</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/WtFOCK" title="WtFOCK">wtFOCK</a></i> (the last two being adaptations of the Norwegian series <i><a href="/wiki/Skam_(TV_series)" title="Skam (TV series)">Skam</a></i>) feature gay characters. </p><p>The first TV personality to publicly come out as gay was singer Will Ferdy (<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferdy" class="extiw" title="nl:Will Ferdy">nl</a>) in 1970, when the topic was still taboo.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, journalist Bo Van Spilbeeck (<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Van_Spilbeeck" class="extiw" title="nl:Bo Van Spilbeeck">nl</a>) came out as transgender. This received widespread media coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="LGBT_rights_movement_in_Belgium">LGBT rights movement in Belgium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: LGBT rights movement in Belgium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015-05-16_13-06-15_ILCE-6000_DSC04652_(17777951782).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/2015-05-16_13-06-15_ILCE-6000_DSC04652_%2817777951782%29.jpg/270px-2015-05-16_13-06-15_ILCE-6000_DSC04652_%2817777951782%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/2015-05-16_13-06-15_ILCE-6000_DSC04652_%2817777951782%29.jpg/405px-2015-05-16_13-06-15_ILCE-6000_DSC04652_%2817777951782%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/2015-05-16_13-06-15_ILCE-6000_DSC04652_%2817777951782%29.jpg/540px-2015-05-16_13-06-15_ILCE-6000_DSC04652_%2817777951782%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="3376" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Stock_Exchange" title="Brussels Stock Exchange">Brussels Stock Exchange</a> building decorated with rainbow banners and flags during Belgian Pride 2015</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_14-57-15_ILCE-6500_DSC08096_(42234009881).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_14-57-15_ILCE-6500_DSC08096_%2842234009881%29.jpg/270px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_14-57-15_ILCE-6500_DSC08096_%2842234009881%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_14-57-15_ILCE-6500_DSC08096_%2842234009881%29.jpg/405px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_14-57-15_ILCE-6500_DSC08096_%2842234009881%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_14-57-15_ILCE-6500_DSC08096_%2842234009881%29.jpg/540px-Pride.be_2018_2018-05-19_14-57-15_ILCE-6500_DSC08096_%2842234009881%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="3376" /></a><figcaption>Participants at Belgian Pride in 2018, Brussels</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/LGBT_social_movements" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT social movements">LGBT social movements</a></div> <p>Belgian gay rights activists are grouped into several organisations; <i>Çavaria</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Wel Jong</i> (Before known as "Wel jong Niet hetero" dutch for "Young But Not Straight"),<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> two Dutch-speaking organisations in the Flemish and Brussels regions, and the <i>Federation des Associations Gayes et Lesbiennes</i> in the French-speaking Walloon and Brussels regions. </p><p>Belgian gay rights activism is made most visible by means of <a href="/wiki/Pride_parade" title="Pride parade">pride parade</a> demonstrations. Marches have been held annually in Belgium's capital <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> since 1996, with similar events having been held intermittently in preceding years in both Brussels and other cities. While the marches have a festive character, they are also used to present the gay movement's political agenda in the form of a list of demands. The list has been updated a number of times and has included demands for anti-discrimination laws, inclusion of gay relationships in high school sex education and the right to adoption by same-sex parents. </p><p>In the 2007 march, some participants were seen with a banner "Thank you Verhofstadt!", in reference to the fact that <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Belgium" title="Same-sex marriage in Belgium">same-sex marriage in Belgium</a> and other LGBT reforms were realised by the first two governments of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Guy_Verhofstadt" title="Guy Verhofstadt">Guy Verhofstadt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Open_Vlaamse_Liberalen_en_Democraten" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten">Open VLD</a>), which respectively consisted of <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberals</a>, socialists and <a href="/wiki/Green_politics" title="Green politics">greens</a>, and of liberals and socialists. </p><p>Prior to 1998, the marches were held under the name <i>Roze Zaterdag – Samedi Rose</i> ("Pink Saturday"). The name was adopted for the first ever Belgian demonstration march for gay rights in 1979, taken from the same-named series of Dutch marches which were first held in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1979 march was organised on 5 May in Brussels, with subsequent marches the next two years in respectively <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> and Brussels again. After this first short series of annual events, it was only in 1990 that the decision was made to again organise the marches regularly, starting anew on 5 May in Antwerp and then bi-annually in <a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a> and again in Antwerp. The latter choice of city was motivated by what is known as "Black Sunday", when the right-wing party Vlaams Blok (now Vlaams Belang) scored a major electoral victory in Antwerp. Then in 1996, "Pink Saturday" was moved indefinitely to Brussels, and became an annual event. The next year, the list of demands was for the first time prominently displayed on 10 large banners carried by participants throughout the march. In 1998, the name of the march was changed to Belgian Lesbian and Gay Pride (BLGP), and then in 2009 to Belgian Pride. </p><p>In 2013, Antwerp was the host city of the <a href="/wiki/2013_World_Outgames" title="2013 World Outgames">third World Outgames</a>. The 2019 Belgian Pride parade was attended by an estimated 100,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_table">Summary table</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Summary table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/LGBTQ_rights_in_Belgium" title="Special:EditPage/LGBTQ rights in Belgium">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2003) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2003) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2003) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-discrimination laws concerning gender identity </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2014) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">Same-sex marriage</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2003) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Recognition of same-sex unions">Recognition of same-sex couples</a> (e.g. unregistered cohabitation, life partnership) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2000) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Stepchild adoption by same-sex couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2006) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LGBT_adoption" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT adoption">Joint adoption by same-sex couples</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2006) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Automatic parenthood on birth certificates for children of same-sex couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2015) </td></tr> <tr> <td>LGBT people allowed to serve openly in the military </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Right to change legal gender </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2007) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Right to change legal gender based on self-determination </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2018) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Access to <a href="/wiki/IVF" class="mw-redirect" title="IVF">IVF</a> for lesbian couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2006) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">Conversion therapy</a> banned by law </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> (Since 2023) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Intersex minors protected from invasive surgical procedures </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Non-binary gender recognition </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="No"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Altruistic <a href="/wiki/Surrogacy" title="Surrogacy">surrogacy</a> for gay male couples </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men" title="Men who have sex with men">MSMs</a> allowed to donate blood </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yes"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Albania" title="LGBTQ rights in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Andorra" title="LGBTQ rights in Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Armenia" title="LGBTQ rights in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Austria" title="LGBTQ rights in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Azerbaijan" title="LGBTQ rights in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Belarus" title="LGBTQ rights in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="LGBTQ rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Bulgaria" title="LGBTQ rights in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Croatia" title="LGBTQ rights in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Cyprus" title="LGBTQ rights in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="LGBTQ rights in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Denmark" title="LGBTQ rights in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Estonia" title="LGBTQ rights in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Finland" title="LGBTQ rights in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_France" title="LGBTQ rights in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Georgia_(country)" title="LGBTQ rights in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Germany" title="LGBTQ rights in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Greece" title="LGBTQ rights in 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title="LGBTQ rights in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Moldova" title="LGBTQ rights in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Monaco" title="LGBTQ rights in Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Montenegro" title="LGBTQ rights in Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Netherlands" title="LGBTQ rights in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_North_Macedonia" title="LGBTQ rights in North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Norway" title="LGBTQ rights in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Poland" title="LGBTQ rights in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Portugal" title="LGBTQ rights in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Romania" title="LGBTQ rights in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Russia" title="LGBTQ rights in 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