Entry #11354: Right to change legal gender in Latvia

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RegionLatvia
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start DateDec 14, 2012
End Date(none)
DescriptionTransgender people are allowed to change their gender, however surgery is required.
Sourceshttps://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/LV%20-%20LEG%20-%20Civil%20Status%20Registry%20Act%20(2012)%20-%20OR%20(lv).pdf
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  • Status is not correct "Legal but requires medical diagnostic Article 37 of the Civil Status Registry Act (2012) states that the birth register can be supplemented on the basis of a court judgment, a custody court decision, administrative action, a medical certificate or other document confirming "gender reassignment", or personal application. However, the law does not specify what amounts to a "gender reassignment" which, according to a report by the European Commission leaves decision-making bodies free to impose requirements arbitrarily. Neither ILGA-Europe nor TGEU rule out surgeries or other medical interventions as requirements for the change of gender markers. According to articles 134(11) and 137(3) of the Regulations on registers of civil status acts (Regulations No. 761) (2013), a document "certifying the change of gender" issued by a medical institution or practitioner must be submitted. https://database.ilga.org/latvia-lgbti"

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edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. fixed error

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ValueLegal, but requires medical diagnosisLegal, but requires surgery
DescriptionTransgender people allowed to change gender, require medical diagnosis. Transgender people are allowed to change their gender, however surgery is required.
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Transgender people allowed to change gender, require medical diagnosis. are allowed to change their gender, however surgery is required.

edited by JuliaB. correction of errors

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ValueLegal, but requires surgeryLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Start Date2009Dec 14, 2012
DescriptionTransgender people allowed to change gender, require surgery. Transgender people allowed to change gender, require medical diagnosis.
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Transgender people allowed to change gender, require surgery. medical diagnosis.
Sourceshttps://lvportals.lv/skaidrojumi/201514-saeima-noraida-grozijumus-dzimuma-mainas-registresanai-2009https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/LV%20-%20LEG%20-%20Civil%20Status%20Registry%20Act%20(2012)%20-%20OR%20(lv).pdf
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https://lvportals.lv/skaidrojumi/201514-saeima-noraida-grozijumus-dzimuma-mainas-registresanai-2009 https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/LV%20-%20LEG%20-%20Civil%20Status%20Registry%20Act%20(2012)%20-%20OR%20(lv).pdf

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StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start Date2009
End Date(none)
DescriptionTransgender people allowed to change gender, require surgery.
Sourceshttps://lvportals.lv/skaidrojumi/201514-saeima-noraida-grozijumus-dzimuma-mainas-registresanai-2009
Reports (2)
  • Status is not correct "surgery is not required, just a diagnosis from a specialist"
  • Newer law has been passed "it is not mandatory for transgender people to undergo sterilisation (under gender identity and expression) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Latvia"