2022–2023
The Social Ministry–funded hormone guideline requires adulthood before opposite-sex hormones.
Official sources
Europe. Social Ministry–funded hormone guideline requires adulthood. CSE includes gender identity.
Full official record
The Social Ministry–funded 2023 hormone-treatment guideline for sex change (Soolise ülemineku hormoonravi juhend), agreed by the Estonian Endocrine Society, family doctors, and the ministry medical expert committee, lists adulthood (täisealisus) as a starting condition. That guideline is a restriction on opposite-sex hormones for minors.
Schools detail
Estonia’s national basic-school curriculum (Riigi Teataja) includes inimeseõpetus as a compulsory subject. The National Institute for Health Development’s official 2022 sexuality-education teacher book teaches sooline identiteet (gender identity) and sexual orientation as classroom topics.
