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The revolution of 25 April 1974, also known as the Carnation Revolution, is credited as being a crucial point in the change of LGBT representation within Portugal.[1] Despite the overthrow of Portugal's dictatorships, the LGBT community was still sparsely discussed until the change of Portugal's Penal Code which decriminalized homosexuality as well as other things.[2] From this point on, the LGBT movement made a slow climb into the public light and when Portugal joined the European Economic Community in 1986, their antidiscrimination policy caused substantial growth within the movement.[2] While there was a variety of different movements and problems that arose during the 90s in relation to the LGBT movement, real change didn't happen until 2001 when parliament approved a law that "recognized cohabitation regardless of sexual orientation".[2] Within the next decade and a half Portugal would go on to legalize same-sex marriage,[3] adoption[4] and established the procedure for legally changing an individual's gender.[5]
- ^ Cascais, António Fernando (1 July 2009). "Different as Only We Can Be. Portuguese LGBT Associations in Three Movements". RCCS Annual Review. A selection from the Portuguese journal Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais (#0). doi:10.4000/rccsar.131. ISSN 1647-3175.
- ^ a b c Santos, Ana Cristina (1 March 2013). "Are we there yet? Queer sexual encounters, legal recognition and homonormativity". Journal of Gender Studies. 22 (1): 54–64. doi:10.1080/09589236.2012.745682. hdl:10316/46475. ISSN 0958-9236. S2CID 144572993.
- ^ "Lei 9/2010, 2010-05-31". Diário da República Eletrónico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Lei 2/2016, 2016-02-29". Diário da República Eletrónico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Lei 7/2011, 2011-03-15". Diário da República Eletrónico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 April 2021.