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The article that prohibited male homosexuality was repealed in 1992.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鈥檚 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 ().

  • 聽by ILGA聽Europe [in English].
  • 聽by ILGA Europe聽[in English].

LGBTQ map of Latvia

Resources

Books
  • Ayoub, P. (2016).聽.聽Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rudu拧a, R. (2014).聽. Riga: Mansards.
  • Sremac, Ganzevoort,聽Sremac, Sr膽an, & Ganzevoort, Reinder Ruard. (2015).聽聽Boston: Brill.聽
  • V膿rdi艈拧,聽K膩rlis, &聽Ozolin拧,聽J膩nis. (2016).聽. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Dissertations
  • Pelz, M., Hansen, Randall, Austin, Robert, & Way, Lucan. (2016).聽.聽ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.聽
Repositories
  • A search engine of聽 (Latvijas nacion膩l膩聽bibliot膿ka)聽gives聽access to archives of periodicals including LGBTQ related material [in Latvian, Russian, English].
  • of the University of Latvia聽[in聽English, Latvian, German, Russian].
  • 聽[in聽English,聽Latvian, German,聽Russian].
  • An integrated published by the University of Latvia聽[in聽English,聽Latvian, German,聽Russian].
  • An integrated of the University of Latvia聽[in聽English,聽Latvian, German,聽Russian].
  • An of the University of Latvia gives access to abstracts of BA and MA theses including the theses on gender and sexuality聽[in聽English,聽Latvian, German,聽Russian].
  • An of the University of Latvia-gives access to academic articles and books including academic publications on gender and sexuality聽[in聽English,聽Latvian, German,聽Russian].
  • Search engine for 聽[in聽English,聽Latvian, German,聽Russian].
  • related to gender equality provided by the Ministry of Welfare聽[in Latvian, English, Russian].
  • by Latvian Centre for Human Rights聽[in Russian, English, Latvian].
  • -聽a broad range of publications related to human rights including gender equality and LGBT rights [in Russian, English, Latvian].
  • provided by EIGE聽[in English].聽
Data and statystics
  • , includes , ILGA Europe -聽a world survey of sexual orientation laws +聽聽[in English].
  • . FRA Europe [in English].聽
Reports
  • . Reports,聽1997聽- 2019聽[in English].
  • ILGA Europe, available from 2011 onwards [in English].
  • .聽Latvijas聽Cilv膿kties墨bu centrs, 2017 [in Latvian].
  • , Mozaika, 2014 [in English].
  • , Latvian Centre for Human Rights, February 2010聽[in English].
  • , Danish Institute for Human Rights, COWI, March 2009聽[in English].
  • 聽(Homophobic Speech in Latvia: Monitoring of聽Politicians),聽MOZAIKA,聽2007聽[in Latvian].
  • , Latvian Centre for Human Rights, 2008聽[in English].
  • . ILGA Europe Policy Paper, April 2004 [in English].
  • .聽Lithuanian Gay League, 2002聽[in English].聽
News portals
  • 聽- publishes a wide selection of articles and videos related to LGBTQ and gender, as well as an online magazine Skapis聽[in Latvian].聽
Audio-visual
  • Homo@LV聽- a movie featuring the LGBT situation in Latvia. It is available []聽and [].
  • 聽-聽a聽documentary about domestic violence聽[in Latvian with聽English聽subtitles].
  • A 聽featuring documentaries related to gender [in Latvian with English subtitles].聽
Organisations
  • Mozaika聽- a Latvian LGBT organisation. It publishes related articles and video content on their and , and accounts. Languages: [in Latvian].