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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Civil unions (limited rights)
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ Sexual orientation only
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Homosexual activity in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is legal.

Current status
Since 1992
Legal
Article 124.1 that prohibits male-male sex was repealed in 1992
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ageofconsent.com/latvia.htm
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Until 1992
Male illegal, female legal
Homosexual activity between men was prohibited before 1992. Sexual acts between women was not explicitly criminalized.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2007042…//www.ilga-europe.org/europe/guide/country_by_country/latvia
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Same-sex marriage in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Same-sex marriage in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is civil unions (limited rights).

A new law will be going into effect in 2 months.
Going into effect Jul 1, 2024
Civil unions (limited rights)
On 9 November 2023, the Saeima passed legislation establishing same-sex civil unions, subject to approval by President Edgars Rinkevics by 9 January 2024. The law is scheduled to take effect on 1 July 2024. Same-sex couples are not able to inherit from their partners even if they are in a registered partnership.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
uk.news.yahoo.com/latvia-le…
lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija…
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Current status
Jun 1, 2022–Jun 30, 2024
Civil unions (limited rights)
Civil unions recognized by courts in Latvia with limited rights.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
eng.lsm.lv/article/society/…
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Dec 15, 2005–May 31, 2022
Banned
Section 110 of the Constitution of Latvia was amended in 2006, explicitly defining marriage as a union exclusively between a man and woman.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
web.archive.org/web/2006061…//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5084832.stm
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Latvia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Right to change legal gender in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.

Current status
Since Dec 14, 2012
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Transgender people allowed to change gender, require medical diagnosis.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/api/downl…
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Apr 5, 1972–Dec 14, 2012
Legal, but requires surgery
Under Soviet law, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the regulations were not changed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala…
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Until Apr 5, 1972
Illegal
Legal gender change is impossible
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala…
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Gender-Affirming Care in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Gender-Affirming Care in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is legal.

Current status
Since 1983
Legal
In 1983, transsexualism began to be professionally diagnosed in the Soviet Union, which allowed the prescription of hormone therapy
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Restricted
In 1926, the Soviet Union's Ministry of Internal Affairs legalized sex reassignment surgery
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Until 1926
Banned
Medical transition is not possible
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No non-binary recognition.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga-europe.org/files/uploa…
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LGBT discrimination in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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LGBT discrimination in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Nov 9, 2006
Illegal in some contexts
The labour law was amended to protect LGBTQ+ population in some aspects of the labour market.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_b…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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LGBT employment discrimination in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is sexual orientation only.

Current status
Since Nov 9, 2006
Sexual orientation only
only banned on sexual orientation
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8642/0/0
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LGBT housing discrimination in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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LGBT housing discrimination in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is no protections.

Current status
Since Nov 9, 2006
No protections
no protections based on ILGA Europe
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
rainbow-europe.org/#8642/0/0
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Same-sex adoption in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Same-sex adoption in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is single only.

Current status
Single only
Latvian law allows any person over 25 to adopt. However persons who are not married to each other may not adopt the same child. This means that only one person of an unmarried couple can adopt a child. However, lesbian couples can get access to IVF and assisted insemination treatment.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_…
likumi.lv/doc.php?id=225418
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Serving openly in military in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Serving openly in military in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Only 22 countries allow trans service, Latvia is not one of them
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
cbc.ca/news/world/countries…
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Intersex infant surgery in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Intersex infant surgery in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Blood donations by MSMs in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is legal.

Current status
Legal
No restrictions about gay sex.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
cafebabel.fr/societe/articl…
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Conversion therapy in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Conversion therapy in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is not banned.

Current status
Since Dec 23, 2017
Not banned
No laws in place.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Equal age of consent in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa)

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Equal age of consent in Grobiņas novads (Grobiņa) is equal.

Current status
Equal
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