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Portugal
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Same-sex Relations for Men Legal Throughout the Country?
Same-sex Relations for Women Legal Throughout the Country?
Legal Gender Recognition Possible?
LGBTI Orgs Able to Register?
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Portugal’s constitution explicitly bans discrimination based on sexual orientation, making it one of the few constitutions in the world that explicitly offers this protection. Same-sex couples may marry and adopt, and transgender people can change their legal gender markers based on self-determination. A law came into effect in 2024 that prohibits “any practices aimed at the forced conversion of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,” while a law passed in 2018 bans non-consensual medical interventions on intersex children.
Cities like the capital of Lisbon host annual Pride events. The 2023 Eurobarometer found that 79 percent of people in Portugal agree that LGB people should have the same rights as others. However, anti-LGBTIQ bullying, discrimination, and harassment remain prevalent issues.
*Outright research indicates that the bodily autonomy of intersex people is respected and protected in this country.
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