sentences:  However, same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples.In 2019, ILGA-Europe ranked Monaco 45th out of 49 European countries in relation to LGBT rights legislation, noting that the country possesses no laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination in employment or other areas, does not recognize same-sex marriage and does not permit transgender people to alter their legal gender.Despite this absence of legislation, Monegasque society tends to be tolerant of homosexuality and same-sex relationships.