Transgender victory

BalticTimes.com – In cooperation with BNS

Vilnius – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will not reopen the case against Lithuania filed by a female aiming to have a sex change surgery – after losing the case in Strasbourg, the Baltic state will have to adopt a sex change law or pay compensation.

The suit against Lithuania was made by a 29-year-old woman from Klaipeda who identifies herself as a man.

“It took a few years of efforts for the ECHR to protect her right to change sex, as stipulated in the Civil Code.