Summary Table
| Same-sex sexual activity legal | (since 1968 in East Germany, 1969 in West Germany) |
| Equal age of consent | (since 1987 in East Germany, 1989 in West Germany) |
| Anti-discrimination laws | (since 2006 in employment, other laws vary by Bundesland) |
| Same-sex marriage(s) | |
| Recognition of same-sex couples as registered partnerships | (since 2001) |
| Step-child adoption by same-sex couples | (since 2004) |
| Joint adoption by same-sex couples | |
| Gay men and women allowed to serve openly in the military | (since 2000) |
| Right to change legal gender | |
| Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples | (commercial surrogacy is illegal for all couples regardless of sexual orientation) |
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