2016
Uruguay’s 2016 hormonization guide recommends puberty suppression with GnRH analogues from Tanner 2–3, and opposite-sex hormones from 16.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsAffirming
Ley 19.684 gives a statutory right to hormones and surgery, including for minors with a legal representative’s consent for irreversible genital surgery.
IMPO — Ley 19.684
Schools — curriculumCSE in schools
Comprehensive sex education (CSE) in schools under Ley 18.437 Article 40 (educación sexual as a transversal line).
IMPO — Ley 18.437, Art. 40
Key dates2026
2026: Ley 19.684 gives a statutory right to hormones and surgery, including for minors with a legal representative’s consent for irreversible genital surgery.
IMPO — Ley 19.684
Official sources
South America. CSE in schools (Ley 18.437).
Full official record
Uruguay’s 2016 hormonization guide recommends puberty suppression with GnRH analogues from Tanner 2–3, and opposite-sex hormones from 16.
The 2016 MSP hormonization guide says that when those feelings stay intense, clinicians should consider suppressing puberty with GnRH analogues from Tanner stages 2–3, and should not start estrogen or androgen before 16. ASSE publishes a cross-sex hormone protocol for the public system.
Schools detail
Ley N.º 18.437, the General Education Law, on the official IMPO text, lists educación sexual as a transversal line of the national education system (Article 40 H). Numeral 8 states that sexuality education is to provide instruments for critical reflection on gender relations and sexuality. That is a national statute expanding CSE.