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History

Homosexual activity in Banskobystrický kraj

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Homosexual activity in Banskobystrický kraj is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1961
Legal
Homosexuality was legalized in the former Czechoslovakia.
Details
Sources:
www.justice.gov.sk/dokument…
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Same-sex marriage in Banskobystrický kraj

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Same-sex marriage in Banskobystrický 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
Sources:
www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-pred…
www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-pred…
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Banskobystrický kraj

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Banskobystrický kraj is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Slovakia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/slovakia-lgbti
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Right to change legal gender in Banskobystrický kraj

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Right to change legal gender in Banskobystrický kraj is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Nov 21, 2023
Legal, but requires surgery
Previous government guidelines allowing changes with only a medical diagnosis were revoked for "the stability of the coalition" hence surgery was once again required.
Details
Sources:
www.dw.com/en/slovakia-surg…
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Mar 3, 2023–Nov 21, 2023
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/api/downl…
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1975–Mar 3, 2023
Legal, but requires surgery
In 1975, the first sex reassignment surgery in Czechoslovakia and the associated change of legal gender took place in the clinic in Brno.
Details
Sources:
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clane…
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Until 1975
Illegal
Legal gender change is impossible
Details
Sources:
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clane…
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Gender-affirming care in Banskobystrický kraj

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Gender-affirming care in Banskobystrický kraj is legal.

Current status
Since Mar 3, 2023
Legal
There are no excessive restrictions placed specifically on transgender people's access to gender-affirming care. This guidance has been revoked and reinstated multiple times, they were last reinstated on 3/3/23
Details
Sources:
health.gov.sk/Zdroje?/Sourc…
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May 18, 2022–Mar 3, 2023
Restricted
In May 2022, the guidelines for gender-affirming care were revoked forcing trans people to go abroad for such care. They were reinstated in 2023.
Details
Sources:
dennikn.sk/2824711/odborne-…
dennikn.sk/3109967/macko-z-…

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Until May 18, 2022
Legal
Gender affirming healthcare faced no known legal restrictions until 2022, although those would end in 2023.
Details
Sources:
health.gov.sk/Zdroje?/Sourc…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Banskobystrický kraj

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Slovakia is believed to not officially recognise non-binary genders.
Details
Sources:
www.amnesty.org/en/wp-conte… - top of page 5
ilga-europe.org/blog/right-…
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LGBT discrimination in Banskobystrický kraj

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LGBT discrimination in Banskobystrický kraj is illegal.

Current status
Since May 22, 2013
Illegal
The Anti-Discrimination Act (Slovak: Antidiskriminačný zákon) was adopted in 2004, to comply with the European Union's requirements on anti-discrimination law in its member states. The act, broadened in 2008, made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in a wide variety of areas, including employment, education, housing, social care and the provision of goods and services.
In May 2013, the Criminal Code was amended to include sexual orientation as a ground for hate crimes, allowing harsher penalties for crimes motivated by homophobia. Additionally, hate speech on the basis of sexual orientation was outlawed.

The government, however, did not always enforce these protections.
Details
Sources:
www.ilga-europe.org/home/gu…
www.state.gov/reports/2023-…
www.rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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LGBT employment discrimination in Banskobystrický kraj

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LGBT employment discrimination in Banskobystrický kraj is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2018
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
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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LGBT housing discrimination in Banskobystrický kraj

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LGBT housing discrimination in Banskobystrický kraj is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2018
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
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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Same-sex adoption in Banskobystrický kraj

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Same-sex adoption in Banskobystrický 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
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8659/0/0
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Intersex infant surgery in Banskobystrický kraj

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Intersex infant surgery in Banskobystrický kraj is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Slovakia.
Details
Sources:
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/…
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Serving openly in military in Banskobystrický kraj

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Serving openly in military in Banskobystrický kraj is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1993
Legal
Legal for all people
Details
Sources:
queerintheworld.com/lgbt-ri…
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Until Dec 31, 1992
N/A
Only place you cannot serve is in Cyprus.
Details
Sources:
www.aktuality.sk/clanok/177…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Banskobystrický kraj

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

Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Changes pending.
Details
Sources:
www.topky.sk/cl/10/2540525/…
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Conversion therapy in Banskobystrický kraj

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Conversion therapy in Banskobystrický 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
Sources:
www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/03/…
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Equal age of consent in Banskobystrický kraj

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Equal age of consent in Banskobystrický kraj is equal.

Current status
Equal
Details
Sources:
www.asylumlaw.org/docs/sexu…
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