International human rights documents:
Denmark has not yet signed Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Denmark was a signatory to the 2007 UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Criminal law:
Consenting same-sex sexual acts are legal.
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Anti-discrimination:
Discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation is prohibited in the areas of employment, goods and services, and housing.
Partnership recognition:
In Denmark same-sex couples are able to enter into a registered partnership. It also provides registered cohabiting same-sex couples with a set of limited rights.
Parenting rights:
Same-sex couples are eligible to apply for second parent adoption of each other’s biological children.
Medically assisted insemination is available to lesbian couples.
Law on hate and violence:
Laws on hate and violence do not refer to sexual orientation or gender identity and do not recognise sexual orientation neither gender identity as aggravating factor.