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Central Europe's largest LGBTQ+ festival runs through Sunday in Prague, with roughly 200 events building toward Saturday's parade — a rare bright spot in a region where legal progress has been slow and uneven.
ILGA-Europe's annual ranking of 49 countries on LGBTQ+ rights goes live in less than a week. With Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law just struck down, Czechia's enhanced partnerships completing their first year, and Albania's EU accession heating up, the 2026 edition will land in a different Europe than 2025's.
The Czech Republic's enhanced same-sex partnership law took effect on January 1, 2025 — granting registered partners almost every right of marriage except joint adoption. More than a year in, here's what's working, what isn't, and why couples are still fighting for full equality.
