Homosexual relations in the Czech Republic have been legal since 1962 . In 1990 , a single age of sexual consent was adopted - 15 years.
| LGBT Rights in the Czech Republic | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Fundamental Rights Overview | |
| Legality of contacts | Same-sex contacts have been legal since 1962. |
| Relationship Registration | Same-sex marriages are not registered. Civil partnerships have been registered since 2006. |
| Adoption | Yes |
| Laws against discrimination | Yes |
| Gender change | Allowed by law |
Since 2009 , Czech law has fully protected against discrimination based on sexual orientation, including in the workplace and in other areas of life. The Czech Republic gives individuals the right to apply for political asylum due to persecution based on sexual orientation in their country.
Public Opinion
In 2004, public opinion showed strong support for the registration of civil partnerships for same-sex couples: 60% of respondents agreed with the introduction of the law on partnerships. In 2005, according to surveys, 43% of Czech citizens personally knew at least one LGBT person, 42% supported the introduction of same-sex marriage and 62% approved civil partnerships, while only 18% supported adoption of children by same-sex couples [1 ] . In 2006, according to the Eurobarometer, 52% of Czech citizens approved full-sex same-sex marriage (while the EU average had a support rating of 44%), and 39% approved same-sex adoption [2] . In 2015, the Czech LGBT approval rating, according to the Eurobarometer, was 57% [3] .
| Czech support for LGBT rights according to CVVM [4] | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | YES | NOT | |
| civil partnerships | 61% | thirty% | 69% | 24% | 75% | nineteen% | 73% | 23% | 72% | 23% | 72% | 23% | 75% | 21% | 72% | 23% | 73% | 23% | 74% | 22% | 74% | 21% | 76% | nineteen% |
| gay marriage | 38% | 51% | 36% | 57% | 38% | 55% | 47% | 46% | 49% | 45% | 45% | 48% | 51% | 44% | 51% | 44% | 45% | 48% | 49% | 44% | 51% | 43% | 52% | 41% |
| adoption of children | nineteen% | 70% | 22% | 67% | 23% | 65% | 27% | 63% | 29% | 60% | 33% | 59% | 37% | 55% | 34% | 57% | 45% | 48% | 44% | 49% | 48% | 43% | 51% | 40% |
| adoption of a child of one of the spouses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58% | 32% | 59% | 33% | 62% | 29% | 68% | 24% |
| Czech support for LGBT rights according to Median [5] | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| YES | NOT | |
| civil partnerships | 68% | 26% |
| gay marriage | 67% | 29% |
| adoption of children | 48% | 48% |
| adoption of a child of one of the spouses | - | - |
In 2003, polls showed that 42% of Czechs did not want to have homosexuals as neighbors. In 2012, their number decreased to 23% [6] .
In 2013, a survey by the Pew Research Center showed that 80% of Czech citizens believe that homosexuality should be accepted by society , while 16% said otherwise [7] .
A 2014 survey by the Academy of Sciences showed that support for LGBT people has declined compared to previous years. According to this study, on average, people who do not approve of LGBT people in the Czech Republic are poor , left in the political spectrum , pensioners and Catholics [8] .
In May 2015, the LGBT social network PlanetRomeo published its Gay Happiness Index (GHI ), in which homosexual men from more than 120 countries were surveyed. The Czech Republic took 18th place in the ranking, with a score of 66 points: slightly higher than Austria and slightly lower than Belgium [9] .
LGBT living conditions in the Czech Republic
Since the communist era, the Czech Republic has become much more liberal in terms of same-sex relationships since the Velvet Revolution and today it is one of the most LGBT-friendly countries in the European Union. There is an opinion that the growing tolerance is justified by the low level of religious beliefs in the country [10] [11] [12] .
In 2012, the Fundamental Rights Agency conducted a survey on discrimination among 93,000 LGBT people throughout the European Union. Compared with the EU average, the Czech Republic showed relatively positive results. 43% of Czech respondents indicated that none of their family knew about their sexual orientation. Only one out of five respondents speak openly about their sexual orientation to colleagues or classmates. 71% of respondents selectively open at work or at school. 52% of homosexual men and 30% of homosexual women avoid holding hands outside gay quarters for fear of being attacked, threatened or harassed [13] .
See also
- Civil partnerships in the Czech Republic
Notes
- ↑ Attitudes to gay rights in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia (unavailable link)
- ↑ Eight EU Countries Back Same-Sex Marriage Archived January 4, 2011.
- ↑ Special Eurobarometer 437 . Eurobarometer . Date of treatment February 19, 2016. Archived January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Czech public opinion on the rights of homosexuals - May 2017 . CVVM. Date of treatment February 7, 2018.
- ↑ (Czech) Manželství gayů a leseb podporují téměř dvě třetiny Čechů, ukázal průzkum . Český rozhlas. Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Tolerance in the Czech Republic (inaccessible link)
- ↑ The Global Divide on Homosexuality
- ↑ The Czechs on Gay Rights - the June 2014 CVVM Survey Visegrad Review
- ↑ The Gay Happiness Index. The very first worldwide country ranking, based on the input of 115,000 gay men Planet Romeo
- ↑ Prague's most comprehensive gay guide
- ↑ The Gay Side of Prague
- ↑ Prague's Vital Gay Scene
- ↑ LGBT Survey data explorer, Available online at: http://fra.europa.eu/DVS/DVT/lgbt.php Archived September 14, 2013 on the Wayback Machine