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Overview

The article that prohibited male homosexuality was repealed in 1992. Discrimination on the grounds of sexual or gender identity in contexts of employment, housing or military is prohibited by Latvia’s anti-discrimination laws. However, same-sex partnerships are not recognized, adoption for same-sex couples is illegal and conversion therapy has not been banned. It is legal to change gender in Latvia without sex reassignement surgery (Equaldex LGBTQ rights: Latvia).

LGBTQ map of Latvia

Resources

Books
Dissertations
Repositories
Data and statystics
Reports
News portals
  • PRIDE.LV - publishes a wide selection of articles and videos related to LGBTQ and gender, as well as an online magazine Skapis [in Latvian]. 
Audio-visual
Organisations
  • Mozaika - a Latvian LGBT organisation. It publishes related articles and video content on their Draugiem and Facebook, and Youtube accounts. Languages: [in Latvian].