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paragraph_text: The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Liechtenstein have developed significantly over time. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1989, with an equal age of consent since 2001. Same-sex couples have had access to registered partnerships since 2011, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation has been outlawed in some areas since 2016.
  
  On 8 March 2024, the Liechtenstein government passed a bill by a vote of 24-1 regarding same-sex marriage rights on its first reading; the legislation went into effect on 1 January 2025. The second/final reading took place on 16 May 2024, on the bill, and the parliament again voted in favor of the same-sex marriage, with 24 of the 25 MPs supporting it.