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National

In March 2009, a proposal to grant partners registered in civil unions the right to adopt unrelated children both domestically and internationally won a majority vote in parliament [R1.1].

In November 2002, the country's two largest parties, the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, both said that they are ready to discuss a proposal by the Social Liberal Party that would give gay couples the same rights as heterosexuals to adopt children [R1.2].

Since July 1999, a partner in a registered partnership can adopt the children of her/his partner unless the child is adopted from a foreign country [R1.3].

National

The age of consent for consensual male homosexual sex is 15 years [R1].

National

In June 2006, Denmark's parliament passed a controversial law allowing lesbian couples and single women the right to free artificial insemination at public hospitals [R1.1].

Previously:

In July 1998, the Danish Parliament voted against lifting the nation's ban on artificial insemination of single women [R1.2].

The law did not ban lesbian insemination that takes place outside of a medical setting [R1.2].

In June 1997, the Parliament of Denmark banned lesbians from obtaining artificial insemination in state-run or private clinics [R1.3].

National

In May 2006, Denmark was reported as providing some form of immigration benefits to the same-sex partners of citizens and permanent residents [R1.1] or recognition of same-sex couples for immigration purposes [R1.2].

Courts & Tribunals

In March 1996, the Refugee Review Board granted a 26-year old Armenian gay man refugee status because Armenia allegedly mistreats homosexuals [R2.1].

A relatively new addition to the list of provisions enshrined in the 1951 UN Convention that entitles a person to apply for refugee status, "sexual orientation" owes its inclusion to a growing understanding in a handful of countries that lesbians and gays constitute a distinct social group. This article has been invoked to grant asylum to lesbians and gay men in Denmark [R2.2].

National

From 01 July 1996, discrimination based on sexual orientation by private employers is unlawful as is discrimination in other areas which has been prohibited for years [R1].

National

Consensual sex between same-sex couples was decriminalised in 1933 [R1.1].

National

Since 1989, the law in Denmark recognises registered partners, offering same-sex partners most or all rights of marriage [R1].

National

In 1978, the Defense Ministry ruled that sexuality was not the government's business [R1].

Previously:

Homosexuals were denied the right to serve until 1954. From 1955 until 1978, they were allowed to serve only in the Home Guard [R1].

National

In August 1999, Sweden, Denmark and Norway signed an international treaty to recognize each other's domestic partnerships [R1.1].

In July 1999, two non-Danish citizens could enter into registered partnership if both partners had stayed in Denmark for at least two years [R1.2].

In 1989, Denmark became the first country to legalize marriage-like registered partners, offering same-sex partners most or all rights of marriage [R1.3].

National

In 2001, Denmark was reported to extend sex-change benefits to citizens [R1.1].