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Latvia

MedicalAffirmingSchoolsCSE in schools

Latvia does not perform surgical sex-change on minors. Schools must teach comprehensive sex education.

Official sources

What the law allows

Medical care for minorsAffirming

Civil-registry sex-marker change requires a medical certificate of sex change. The national children’s hospital has documented puberty blockers for diagnosed adolescents.

Likumi.lv — Civilstāvokļa aktu reģistrācijas likums

Schools — curriculumCSE in schools

Comprehensive sex education (CSE) in schools under MK Noteikumi Nr. 747, with an IZM teacher course on sexuality education.

Likumi.lv — MK Noteikumi Nr. 747

Key dates2013–2024

2013–2024: Civil-registry sex-marker change requires a medical certificate of sex change. The national children’s hospital has documented puberty blockers for diagnosed adolescents.

Likumi.lv — Civilstāvokļa aktu reģistrācijas likums

Sources

Full record

Latvia’s civil-registry law treats sex change as a medical fact. The national children’s hospital has published how it handles those diagnoses, including puberty blockers.

The Civilstāvokļa aktu reģistrācijas likums lets the birth record be updated on a medical certificate, or other document, that certifies sex change. That is a legal pathway that implies clinical activity.

Rīga Stradiņš University’s published series from Children’s Clinical University Hospital (BKUS) reviewed every child and adolescent given an ICD-10 F64 or F66 diagnosis there from 2015 to 2020. Mean age at diagnosis was about 15. Hormonal treatment with a GnRH analogue to suppress pubertal progression was given to three patients. That is a hospital record of puberty blockers.

Medical is Affirming.

Schools. Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 747 (state basic-education standard) set reproductive-health outcomes in the national curriculum. On 8 March 2024 the Ministry of Education and Science launched a teacher course, Seksuālā izglītošana: starptautiskā pieeja, so social-science, science, and sports-and-health teachers can deliver sexuality education. That is CSE in schools.

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