Andorra Drops to 23rd in Europe for Transgender Rights, Scores 43%

Andorra has slipped slightly in transgender protections compared to the previous year, ranking 23rd in Europe with 43% of rights fulfilled, according to ILGA-Europe's annual report on LGBTQ+ human rights in 2025, released in 2026. This score places the Principality just above the continental average of 41.8% but below the EU average of 51.1%.

Police data shows two to three bias-motivated incidents per month, with the NGO Diversand highlighting cases during June's Pride events. Diversand has called for a formal registry to classify such violence as hate crimes, enabling prevention measures and appropriate penalties.

In healthcare, a decree took effect in October providing specific care for trans people: those over 16 can access hormone replacement therapy covered by the CASS public health service, while adults over 18 qualify for gender-affirming surgeries in Spain. Minors under 16 receive consultations and monitoring, but not medication. In practice, only three endocrinologists are available, and one refuses treatment due to lack of training. Advocacy groups demand professional training, which the Health Ministry has pledged to address. A delay in publishing the hormone treatment decree until July left some trans individuals starting unsupervised therapies, posing health risks.

On equality and non-discrimination, all companies must maintain protocols against sexual harassment and gender-based issues, but Diversand criticises them for a heterosexual bias that overlooks trans-specific harassment. The State Secretariat indicated plans to revise them.

The UN's Universal Periodic Review flagged the absence of public laws protecting intersex bodily integrity, despite the Health Ministry claiming internal protocols for newborns that remain unpublished.

Institutional support includes a General Council conference by Dr. Jordi Reviriego, who described gender as a social construct and challenged the pathologisation of trans people compared to cisgender cosmetic surgeries. In May, for IDAHOBIT, NGOs Gaylespol and Diversand trained police, firefighters, customs officers, and prison staff on LGBTQ+ sensitisation, backed by the government.

Diversand and Stop Violències urged the UN to decriminalise and legalise abortion in Andorra—safe, free, and confidential—within their reproductive rights report. However, their submission drew sharp criticism from the Council of Ministers and media, including accusations of lying and exaggeration without evidence, raising concerns over civil society freedoms.

ILGA-Europe recommends strengthening anti-discrimination laws, criminalising hate speech, and depathologising trans identities by removing psychiatric diagnoses as barriers to healthcare and legal rights.