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| Region | Lithuania |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Aug 4, 2022 |
| Description | Until 2022, gender affirming healthcare in Lithuania was severely limited with nearly no legal avenues to access despite a 2007 Court ruling suggesting that Lithuania provide for it. The public system provided for no access to surgery nor for hormone therapy or puberty blockers. |
| Sources | https://www.lgl.lt/en/?p=23383 https://tgeu.org/lithuanian-protocol-on-trans-specific-healthcare/#:~:text=On%204%20August%202022%2C%20Lithuania,and%20procedures%20for%20gender%20reassignment. https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1431455/without-institutional-support-lithuanian-trans-teens-struggle-with-taboo-and-prejudice#:~:text=Lithuania%20does%20not%20permit%20gender,to%20recognise%20his%20sex%20change. |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Aug 4, 2022 |
| Description | Until 2022, gender affirming healthcare in Lithuania was severely limited with nearly no legal avenues to access despite a 2007 Court ruling suggesting that Lithuania provide for it. The public system provided for no access to surgery nor for hormone therapy or puberty blockers. |
| Sources | https://www.lgl.lt/en/?p=23383 https://tgeu.org/lithuanian-protocol-on-trans-specific-healthcare/#:~:text=On%204%20August%202022%2C%20Lithuania,and%20procedures%20for%20gender%20reassignment. https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1431455/without-institutional-support-lithuanian-trans-teens-struggle-with-taboo-and-prejudice#:~:text=Lithuania%20does%20not%20permit%20gender,to%20recognise%20his%20sex%20change. |