No more hate: LGBT+ Slovaks hope electn will be turng pot for gay muny | Rters

Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people Slovakia face legal challeng not experienced by non-LGBT rints. Both male and female same-sex sexual activy are legal Slovakia, but hoeholds head by same-sex upl are not eligible for the same legal protectns available to oppose-sex upl. While Slovakia grants same-sex upl limed legal rights, namely the area of herance, the untry do not regnize same-sex marriage or civil unns as of 2023. Slovakia, unlike s neighbour, the Czech Republic, holds more nservative views on issu alg wh LGBT rights. Slovakia however posss prehensive anti-discrimatn laws verg sexual orientatn and genr inty, among others, areas such as employment, goods and servic, tn, health servic, hate crim and hate speech. LGBT people are allowed to serve openly the Slovak Armed Forc. Addnally, attus towards members of the LGBT muny are gradually beg more acceptg, le wh worldwi trends. A 2007 poll showed that two-thirds of Slovaks believe that homosexualy should be accepted by society, while another Pew Rearch Center poll om 2017 showed evenly spl support for same-sex marriage. Sce 2022, transgenr people Slovakia have been experiencg difficulty accsg transgenr healthre, forcg them to look for optns abroad, and lack of regulatn has proven to be a difficulty for transgenr people when to their right to change their legal genr, where some civil registri refe to change their legal genr, cg lack of regulatn.