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Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Austria.
Registered partnerships were introduced in 2010, giving same-sex couples some of the rights of marriage.
In 2015 a citizens' initiative "Ehe Gleich!" was set up to petition the Parliament to consider the legalisation of same-sex marriage.
In 1995, the International Human Rights Tribunal instigated the political discussion about the discrimination and persecution of LGBT persons in Austria.
Same-sex marriage will be legal starting on 1 January 2019