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Gay Essen

LGBTQ+ Travel Guide & City Directory · North Rhine-Westphalia

584,000 residents Europe/Berlin View on Maps 4 Gay Hotels
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🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Legal Status in Germany

Based on national laws as of 2025

85/100
LGBTQ+ Friendly
✓ Same-sex relations legal
✓ Equal age of consent
✓ Partnership / union
✓ Same-sex marriage
✓ Adoption rights
✓ Anti-discrimination law
✓ Legal gender change

Same-sex marriage (Ehe für alle) legalised 1 October 2017. Civil partnerships (Lebenspartnerschaft) had been available since 2001. Joint adoption rights for same-sex couples since 2017. Strong federal anti-discrimination protections (AGG, General Equal Treatment Act 2006) covering employment, goods and services. Conversion therapy banned for minors 2020; full ban for adults proposed but not yet enacted as of 2026. Trans legal gender change requires psychological assessment and court order — refo

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