Current Version
| Region | Lithuania |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Feb 2, 2022 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Article 2.27 of the Civil Code allows any non-married person to change legal gender if this is medically possible. The second paragraph states, however, that the procedures for changing gender should be led according to a separate law. The Parliament and the Government of Lithuania refuse to take any actions on adopting such a law after it lost the case of L v. Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights in 2007. Since then, gender change has become possible only with a court's decision and sex reassignment surgery. It was proposed to eliminate this provision in 2009, and once again in 2013. In April 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled, in A.P., Garçon and Nicot v. France, that it is discriminatory and a human rights violation to require transgender people to undergo surgery to alter their official documents. Subsequently, two Lithuanian trans men were allowed by Lithuanian courts to change their gender on their official documents without them undergoing surgery beforehand. Lithuanian LGBT groups are now calling on future legislation scrapping the requirement for surgery to be introduced. Effective from February 2, 2022, transgender individuals within Lithuania who want to change their legal name and/or sex can do so legally without sex reassignment surgery under new justice regulations. However, trans people who wish to change their name on official documents will still have to obtain a certificate from a Lithuanian or EU healthcare establishment of “diagnosed transgenderism” |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/lithuania-lgbti https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/transseksuales-isgyvenimus-teismas-ivertino-30-tukst-lt-25447649 |
Revision History (8)
Revision by e_seurat. Fixing status
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | (NONE) | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Description | In Lithuania, it is hard to change your gender and the way you’re able to change it varies. In some cases, people have been able to have a jurisdiction decision that allowed them to change their gender without a surgery, and in other cases surgery was required to change it. | Article 2.27 of the Civil Code allows any non-married person to change legal gender if this is medically possible. The second paragraph states, however, that the procedures for changing gender should be led according to a separate law. The Parliament and the Government of Lithuania refuse to take any actions on adopting such a law after it lost the case of L v. Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights in 2007. Since then, gender change has become possible only with a court's decision and sex reassignment surgery. It was proposed to eliminate this provision in 2009, and once again in 2013. In April 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled, in A.P., Garçon and Nicot v. France, that it is discriminatory and a human rights violation to require transgender people to undergo surgery to alter their official documents. Subsequently, two Lithuanian trans men were allowed by Lithuanian courts to change their gender on their official documents without them undergoing surgery beforehand. Lithuanian LGBT groups are now calling on future legislation scrapping the requirement for surgery to be introduced. Effective from February 2, 2022, transgender individuals within Lithuania who want to change their legal name and/or sex can do so legally without sex reassignment surgery under new justice regulations. However, trans people who wish to change their name on official documents will still have to obtain a certificate from a Lithuanian or EU healthcare establishment of “diagnosed transgenderism” |
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Revision by Unknownmiles. Fixed status
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Feb 1, 2022 | (NONE) |
| Description | Allowed to change gender. | In Lithuania, it is hard to change your gender and the way you’re able to change it varies. In some cases, people have been able to have a jurisdiction decision that allowed them to change their gender without a surgery, and in other cases surgery was required to change it. |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Lithuania https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/01/03/lithuania-trans-rights-change-name/ | https://database.ilga.org/lithuania-lgbti https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/transseksuales-isgyvenimus-teismas-ivertino-30-tukst-lt-25447649 |
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Revision by JuliaB. adding date
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| Start Date | (NONE) | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Lithuania | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Lithuania https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/01/03/lithuania-trans-rights-change-name/ |
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Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "you have to go to court to legally change your gender"
- Status is not correct "Legal, surgery not required, however a diagnosis is required and many psychiatrists are united against it."
Revision by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
Revision by Vito12. If this is wrong please change it
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | There is no regulated procedure to change one's gender in Lithuania, though it is technically possible by going through court. The process is unclear and arduous. Lithuania also does not recognize any treatments like surgery and hormone replacement therapy or hormone blockers. | Allowed to change gender. |
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| Sources | https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1431455/without-institutional-support-lithuanian-trans-teens-struggle-with-taboo-and-prejudice | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Lithuania |
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Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Effective from February 2, 2022, transgender individuals within Lithuania who want to change their legal name and/or sex can do so legally without sex reassignment surgery under new justice regulations. However, trans people who wish to change their name on official documents will still have to obtain a certificate from a Lithuanian or EU healthcare establishment of “diagnosed transgenderism”. Source Wikipedia."
Revision by Notdog1996
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | In all of Europe except Albania. | There is no regulated procedure to change one's gender in Lithuania, though it is technically possible by going through court. The process is unclear and arduous. Lithuania also does not recognize any treatments like surgery and hormone replacement therapy or hormone blockers. |
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| Sources | transrespect.org | https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1431455/without-institutional-support-lithuanian-trans-teens-struggle-with-taboo-and-prejudice |
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Reports (2)
- Newer law has been passed "Last year they finally passed an official procedure to change your gender"
- Newer law has been passed "https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/lithuania-approves-bill-allowing-trans-people-to-change-name-without-surgery/"
Revision by Ausyk
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| Description | Cant change gender marker. | In all of Europe except Albania. |
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- Status is not correct "There aren't any laws about changing gender or transitioning. Hormones are illegal. It is impossible to change your gender, because there are no laws for it."
Revision by Ausyk
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No | Cant change gender marker. |
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| Sources | No | transrespect.org |
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