[7] This piece of legislation put Portugal at eighth in the world to legalize same-sex marriage and set them at the front of the LGBT citizenship rights within Europe.
[2] On 15 March 2011, law number 7/2011 established the process for those who identify with the opposite sex to legally change their gender and name within the civil registry.
[7] However, the diagnosis has to be made by a team of experts that specializes in "medical sexology", works within public or private medical offices in Portugal or another country, and the diagnosis must be reviewed and signed off by a psychologist and physician.
[7] On 29 February 2016, law number 2/2016 made is illegal to discriminate against same-sex couples who wanted to adopt.
[4] This legislation also prevents discrimination when trying to acquire a civil sponsorship or any other family legal relationships.