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As the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) offer a normative perspective on these issues, we analyzed them systematically (1) to identify whether and in what manner ECtHR\u2019s judgments concern restriction of access to healthcare for SGM individuals and (2) to identify and categorize the ways of discrimination to which SGM individuals are exposed. We conducted a systematic search of the database of the ECtHR\u2019s judgments with the use of specified search terms. Descriptive statistics were performed on the identified judgments. Subsequently, we analyzed the judgments with the use of a qualitative method of thematic analysis. We identified n = 73 cases relevant for our study. In n = 7 (9.59%) of judgments, we found limitations of access to healthcare for SGM individuals, e.g., in cases of restrictions for transsexual individuals to receive hormone or surgical therapy. We regard this as a specific form of discrimination. Furthermore, we identified five other categories of discrimination: restriction of parental rights, failure to respect one\u2019s gender identity\/sexual orientation, discrimination by jurisdiction, prohibition of promotion, and verbal\/physical attacks. The ECtHR proves to have a balanced view on the sensitive topic of sexual self-determination condemning any form of discrimination or restriction of access to healthcare. However, there is a need for further research on discriminatory acts by other individuals, e.g., healthcare providers, rather than by public authorities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19052650","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]],"date-time":"2022-02-24T21:11:07Z","timestamp":1645737067000},"page":"2650","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Restriction of Access to Healthcare and Discrimination of Individuals of Sexual and Gender Minority: An Analysis of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an Ethical Perspective"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7754-6904","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tobias","family":"Skuban","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kbo-Isar-Amper-Klinikum Region M\u00fcnchen, 85540 Haar, Germany"},{"name":"Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University, 89073 Ulm, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4244-7989","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcin","family":"Orzechowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University, 89073 Ulm, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8108-1591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Florian","family":"Steger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University, 89073 Ulm, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2524","DOI":"10.1007\/s10461-018-2165-7","article-title":"Health Disparities, Risk Behaviors and Healthcare Utilization among Transgender Women in Los Angeles County: A Comparison from 1998\u20131999 to 2015\u20132016","volume":"22","author":"Reback","year":"2018","journal-title":"AIDS Behav."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"116","DOI":"10.1037\/rmh0000089","article-title":"Determinants of Transgender Individuals\u2019 Well-Being, Mental Health, and Suicidality in a Rural State","volume":"42","author":"Smith","year":"2018","journal-title":"Rural Ment. 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