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El Salvador

Central America. Official action against gender ideology in public schools.
MedicalNo banSchoolsSchools ban

2024–2025

No official medical policy listed.

What the law allows

Schools — curriculumSchools ban

Ban under Memorándum 22-2025 and the 2024 MINED purge of gender-ideology materials — school rules.

AP — Memo 22-2025 (backup; no Diario Oficial)

Official sources

Central America. Official action against gender ideology in public schools.

Full official record

No official medical policy listed.

MINSAL does not publish a pediatric pathway for puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones, or surgery. No official medical policy is listed.

Schools detail

On 26–27 February 2024 the Education Ministry and Minister José Mauricio Pineda stated on official X that every use or trace of gender ideology had been removed from public-school materials. On 2 October 2025 Minister Karla Trigueros issued Memorándum 22-2025 prohibiting so-called inclusive language in public schools and MINEDUCYT offices; President Nayib Bukele backed that instruction on official X the same night.

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