Luxembourg
Categories Score
The full bar chart stands for 100%, and is filled by the country category score. The colour display uses the traffic light palette, with Green representing a score closer to 100% and Red a score closer to 0%.
ASYLUM
This category looks into laws that expressly include SOGISC as a qualification criteria for seeking asylum. We also take into account other legislation, policies, instruction or positive measures by state actors that are related to asylum addressing the needs and rights of LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees.
Criteria Compliance Ratio
Each pie charts stands for a category and is divided in slices by criteria. When a country complies with a criteria – fully or in some regions – the slice is coloured.
Keep in mind the criteria have different weighting factor within a category; for example, the criteria Prohibition of medical intervention without informed consent (intersex) stands for half (2.5%) of the INTERSEX BODILY INTEGRITY category weighting factor (5%). Meaning that even if a country can only comply with this specific criteria within the category (1/4 total criteria) the category scores 50%.
More information on the categories and criteria weighting factors here.
Category & Criteria Table
The table lists detailed information and insights on legislation supporting each criterion status. Please use the filters for in-depth analysis.
n/a = not applicable, meaning the criteria didn’t exist in the previous Rainbow Map edition (PROGRESSION column)
- Complies
- Applicable in some regions only
- Does not Comply
RECOMMENDATIONS
In order to improve the legal and policy situation of LGBTI people in Luxembourg, ILGA-Europe recommend:
- Automatic co-parent recognition available for all couples
- Prohibition of medical intervention on an intersex minor before child is able to give informed consent
Annual Review of Luxembourg
In our Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in Europe and Central Asia, we examine the advances made and provide concrete examples of on-the-ground situations at national level country-by-country in the 12 months from January to December 2025.
Read our Annual Review of Luxembourg below for more details and stories behind the Rainbow Map. You can also download the Annual Review chapter (.pdf) covering Luxembourg.
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In July, Yuriko Backes, Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity, presented the updated National LGBTI Action Plan (PAN LGBTIQ+). The plan comprises 81 measures and 147 concrete actions structured across 15 thematic chapters. On 21 July, the plan was subsequently discussed with members of the parliamentary Committee on Family, Solidarity, Living Together, Reception, Gender Equality and Diversity during a dedicated exchange session. While Luxembourg’s national LGBTI organisation Rosa Lëtzebuerg ASBL and the Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CCDH) welcomed the update, both organisations expressed concerns about its substance and direction. According to the CCDH, the new plan does not include the depathologisation of trans identities, maintaining the requirement for trans people to obtain a psychiatric certificate to start their transition process.
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In May, Luxembourg joined 15 other EU member states in a declaration urging Hungary to revise legislative and constitutional amendments adopted in March and April 2025, which could impose fines on participants and organisers of LGBTI events, authorise the use of facial recognition software at such gatherings, and potentially allow bans on them. The declaration was initiated by the Netherlands and co-signed by Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and Sweden.
The full Annual Review for 2026 is available here.
