- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Parental approval required
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Surveys in France have shown mixed views towards LGBTQ+ rights and issues.
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History
Homosexual activity in France is legal.
Same-sex marriage in France is legal.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in France is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in France is legal, no restrictions.
According to media reports, in 2010, France became the first country to remove "transsexualism" from their official list of mental illnesses.
Gender-Affirming Care in France is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in France is not legally recognized.
A court ruled in August 2015 that an intersex plaintiff who was designated male at birth, could use the term “neutral gender” on personal official documents. This decision was overturned by a French appeals court.
LGBT discrimination in France is illegal.
LGBT housing discrimination in France is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Intersex infant surgery in France is parental approval required.
Serving openly in military in France is legal.
Equal age of consent in France is equal.
LGBT Rights by Metropolitan Department
View the LGBT laws in each individual metropolitan department of France.
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