Same-sex marriage: Unregistered cohabitation from Jul 30, 2003 to Aug 4, 2014.
The Law on Same-Sex Unions was adopted on July 14, 2003.
The law allowed same-sex partners who have lived together for a minimum of 3 years similar rights to unmarried heterosexual partners in…
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jan 2019 to (none).
In January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that North Macedonia's requirement that transgender people undergo sex reassignment surgery before their gender marker on ID…
Same-sex adoption: Single only from Jul 30, 2003 to May 25, 2022.
There are no restrictions for single individuals based on sexual orientation, but there are restrictions to single people in general. A child may be adopted by a person who is not married if it is…
Same-sex marriage: Unrecognized from Nov 1, 1996 to (none).
There is no definition of marriage in the 1991 Constitution.
Article 40: "Legal relations in marriage, family and cohabitation are regulated by law."
Family Law from 1992, article 6: "Marriage…
Serving openly in military: Legal from Aug 14, 2007 to (none).
In Slovenia there is no regulation that would prohibit LGBT persons from participating in the Armed Forces.
Article 15 of the 2007 Act on Service in the Slovenian Army: Equality during military…
LGBT housing discrimination: Ambiguous from Jan 1, 1995 to May 23, 2016.
Article 141 of Slovenian Penal Code adopted on September 29, 1994, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. Housing is not strictly mentioned.
Serving openly in military: Legal from Aug 12, 2017 to (none).
Article 16 of the Law on the Army of Montenegro adopted on July 26, 2017, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (among others) in relation to persons applying for…
Homosexual activity: Legal from Jul 1, 1977 to (none).
The Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro adopted on June 17, 1977 decriminalized consensual male homosexuality on the territory of Montenegro in the then SFRY.
Serving openly in military: Legal from Jan 1, 2006 to (none).
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is no regulation that would prohibit LGBT persons from participating in the Armed Forces of BiH.
Article 28 of the Law on Service in the Armed Forces of BiH…
LGBT employment discrimination: Sexual orientation and gender identity from Sep 14, 2016 to (none).
After the 2016 amendment to the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination, the LGBT population became protected on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics in the field of…
Same-sex marriage: Unrecognized from (unknown) to (none).
There is no prohibition of same-sex marriages in the Constitutions of the two entities or in the Statute of Br?ko District, but the family laws of all three parts of BiH define marriage as the union…
LGBT employment discrimination: Sexual orientation and gender identity from Apr 7, 2009 to (none).
Article 16 of the Anti-Discrimination Law from 2009 bans labour discrimination. Discrimination is prohibited on basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics among others.
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jun 5, 1992 to Dec 31, 2018.
The first sex change operation in Serbia was performed in 1989 by prof. Dr. Sava Perovi?, the founder of this branch of medicine in Serbia.
The first case of legal gender change was recorded on…
LGBT discrimination: Illegal from Apr 7, 2009 to (none).
On 26 March 2009, Serbian parliament approved a unified anti-discrimination law, known as the Prohibition of Discrimination Act of 2009, which prohibits, among other categories, discrimination on…