Estonia
ILGA-Europe members
ILGA-Europe news and articles
- Baltic Friendship Days 2009 (13/05/2009)
- 4th Tallinn Pride March without major incidents (13/08/2007)
- Tallinn Pride 2006 (14/08/2006)
- Call for action - support same-sex partnership rights in Estonia (05/01/2006)
Resources
- ILGA-Europe Annual Review 2011 on Estonia
- LGBT Family Exhibition at Baltic Pride 2011
- Presentation of Report On Human Rights In Estonia 2011
- NGO Estonian Gay Youth
- Estonia UPR Shadow Report 2010
- Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
- Meeting the challenge of accession, April 2004
Anti-discrimination
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited in the area of employment.
Legal gender recognition of trans people
Estonia has administrative procedures to obtain legal gender recognition - however only after compulsory sterilisation.
Partnership recognition
Estonia does not provide any legal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Parenting rights
Neither joint nor second parent adoption is available to same-sex couples in Estonia.
Criminal law on hate speech/crime
Laws on hate and violence do not refer to sexual orientation or gender identity and do not recognise sexual orientation neither gender identity as aggravating factor.
Freedom of assembly/Pride events
Pride events have taken place with authorisation.
Criminal law on age of consent
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Asylum
Learn more about LGBTI asylum in Estonia in our asylum section.
