LGBT Rights By Country - LGBT-related Laws By Country or Territory - Europe - Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex relationships Same-sex marriage Same-sex adoption Allows gays to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Albania Legal since 1995
+ UN decl. sign.
Bans all anti-gay discrimination Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.
Armenia Legal since 2002
+ UN decl. sign.
/ No explicit ban. However, LGB persons have been reportedly discharged because of their sexual orientation.
Azerbaijan Legal since 2000 Unknown
Belarus Legal since 1994 Constitutional ban since 1994. / Banned from military service during peacetime, but during wartime homosexuals are permitted to enlist as partially able.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Legal since 1998
+ UN decl. sign.
Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Bulgaria Legal since 1968
+ UN decl. sign.
Constitution defines marriage as "a union of a man and a woman" Single gay persons may adopt. Bans all anti-gay discrimination
Georgia Legal since 2000
+ UN decl. sign.
Unknown Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Macedonia Legal since 1996
+ UN decl. sign.
Moldova Legal since 1995 Constitutional ban since 1994. Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Montenegro Legal since 1977
+ UN decl. sign.
Constitutional ban since 2007. Bans all anti-gay discrimination Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.
Romania Legal since 1996
+ UN decl. sign.
Civil Code defines marriage as "a union of a man and a woman" Single gay persons may adopt. Bans all anti-gay discrimination Sex change legal; birth certificate is amended after the reassignment surgery
Russia Legal since 1993. Previously legal from 1917 to 1930. Some regions ban the "propaganda" of homosexualism
Serbia Legal since 1994
+ UN decl. sign.
Constitution defines marriage as "a union of a man and a woman" Bans all anti-gay discrimination Act on the elimination of discrimination
Ukraine Legal since 1991 Constitution defines marriage as "a union of a man and a woman"

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