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:
- Allowing for automatic co-parent recognition for all couples, so that children born to couples, regardless of the partners’ sexual orientation and/or gender identity, do not face any barriers in order to be recognised legally from birth to their parents.
- Prohibiting medical interventions on intersex minors when the intervention has no medical necessity and can be avoided or postponed until the person can provide informed consent.
- Banning conversion practices on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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 2023.
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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Hate speech against LGBTIQ+ people was on the rise this year, particularly during Luxembourg Pride week, in what civil society views as the instrumentalisation of LGBTIQ+ people for political gain. Two MPs and several other members of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) criticised the parliament’s support for Pride week, sparking countless hateful comments online.
Hate speech also targeted a drag story time event in the public library in Esch, including threats of violence.
In July, Centre LGBTIQ+Cigale, together with Rosa Lëtzebuerg and eight other associations associations, launched a platform statement against right-wing hatred and hostility.
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CSOs also continued to lobby for a ban on non-consensual medical interventions performed on intersex children. The working group, gathering representatives of the ministries of justice, health and family have not reached an agreement on the scope of a possible ban.
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The University of Luxembourg signed an agreement with Centre LGBTIQ+ Cigale to support, train, and empower LGBTQ+ staff and students.
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Luxembourg ranked first in the LGBT Worldwide Workplace Index, published in July.
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In July, the parliament extended parental leave to non- gestational parents in same-sex couples. Leave was previously only available for fathers in a heterosexual couple or if the second parent in a same-sex couple proceeded with adoption.
The new Constitution, which entered into force on 1 July, enshrines that everyone has the right to start a family.
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Luxembourg joined the European Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary in April.
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Luxembourg Pride Week took place in July this year. Roughly 3,500 people joined the Equality March on 8 July.
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Some LGBTQI+ people continued to face housing insecurity as a consequence of family rejection and unemployment.
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On May 17, Rosa Lëtzebuerg inaugurated the Rainbow Centre. This queer cultural centre is subsidised by the Ministry of Family, Integration, and the Greater Region.
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Centre LGBTIQ+ Cigale’s “Marc Grond” library entered the national network of libraries as the only one specialised on queer topics in Luxembourg.
In 2023, Rosa Lëtzebuerg launched the Queer Archive Luxembourg to document contemporary queer life in Luxembourg. In this context, parts of the exhibition ‘LGBTIQ+ History in Luxembourg,’ which originated from a project of the Queer Archive, were displayed in Berlin.
In the final agreement released on October 17, the government coalition incorporated 6 out of 37 of Rosa Lëtzebuerg’s election demands, published before the elections.
These included the establishment of a Ministry for Gender Equality and Diversity, automatic recognition of same-sex parents in cases of assisted reproduction or surrogacy abroad, a ban on ‘conversion practices’, and enabling full blood donation for men who have sex with men.
However, Rosa Lëtzebuerg expressed disappointment with the new coalition government’s reluctance toward broader reform.
The full Annual Review for 2024 is available here.
