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Same-sex couples have been legally able to adopt children since May 2013, when the same-sex marriage law took effect. The first joint adoption by a same-sex couple was announced on 18 October 2013.

The ability for same-sex couples to legally adopt a child.

The age of consent in France is 15 for both male-male, female-female, and male-female sex.

The difference between legal age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex.

In 2022, France removed the deferral period for gay and bi men donating blood, replacing it with a new policy that applies to all donors, regardless of sexual orientation.

The ability for MSMs (men who have sex with men) to donate blood or tissue for organ transplants. A deferral period refers to a waiting time before a man can donate after having sex.

In July 2019, Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn announced that the deferral period would be reduced to four months of abstinence from 2 April 2020.

Proposed in 2015, the indefinite deferral was replaced by a 1 year deferral in 2016.

In 1983, in response to the HIV epidemic, the Directorate General of Health banned MSMs from donating blood indefinitely. This ban was reiterated in 2009.

Blood donations in France were legal before 1983.

In France, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.

Censorship or prohibition of discussing, promoting, or teaching LGBTQ+ topics in media, schools, and in the general public.

Individuals can legally change their gender in France. Sex reassignment surgery is state-funded. Requires court approval and proof.<br />
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According to media reports, in 2010, France became the first country to remove "transsexualism" from their official list of mental illnesses.

Legal recognition of sex reassignment by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.

No surgery required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents.

The National Assembly approved the new law unanimously, voting 142-0 on Tuesday evening.

Legal status of conducting sexual orientation changing therapy ("ex-gay" therapy)

Not banned, although a legislation to criminalise conversion therapy is currently progressing.

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.

Medical and psychological support designed to help individuals transition to the gender they identify with, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and surgeries.

The law of 1791 decriminalized homosexual activity, however, it does not recognize homosexuality itself. 

Consensual sexual activity between individuals of the same sex.

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity when applying for housing or discrimination by landlords / property owners.

Medical interventions performed on intersex infants to alter their genital appearance to conform to typical male or female standards, often without the informed consent of the child who is too young to participate in the decision-making process.

France passed comprehensive same-sex marriage legislation in 2013; entitling gay and lesbian people to equal marriage rights in Metropolitan France and all its overseas departments. France was the ninth European country and the thirteenth country in the world to legalise gay marriage.

Marriage and marriage recognition between two people of the same biological sex and/or gender identity.

Under French law, both same sex and different sex couples can get a PACS, a civil union with limited rights. PACS are still available today.

The ability for homosexuals to serve in the military and be open about their sexuality.

Non-binary gender is not available. In 2023, the European Court of Human Rights decided in the judgment "Y. v. France" (2023) on the legal recognition of the gender of an intersex person. Specifically, on the case of a person who had been refused by French authorities the possibility to modify their gender marker to reflect the term "neutral" or "intersex". The ECHR rejected that such a decision was in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, stating that, given the relevance of such a change to the otherwise binary French legal system, it was for the French state itself to reform its legislation beforehand. However, it acknowledged that future developments in Council of Europe member states could change its interpretation.<br />
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A court ruled in August 2015 that an intersex plaintiff who was designated male at birth, could use the term “neutral gender” on personal official documents. This decision was overturned by a French appeals court.

Legal recognition of non-binary, genderqueer, or third gender identities.

A court in Tours ruled in favour of an intersex plaintiff who sought to have a third gender option recognised on official identification documents.

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