Current Version
| Region | Kazakhstan |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 2011 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | In 2011, new guidelines were established and allowed change to identity documents only after sex reassignment surgery, physical and psychiatric medical examinations, hormone therapy and sterilization. Additionally, people under 21 are not allowed to change their gender on their official identity documents. |
| Sources | https://tbinternet.ohchr.org › ...PDF Web results Violations by Kazakhstan of the Right of Transgender Persons to Legal ... |
Revision History (4)
Revision by cihalcoc. Corrected the date
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|---|---|---|
| Start Date | 2003 | 2011 |
| Description | Since 2003, Transgender individuals have been allowed to change legal gender in Kazakhstan. People who wanted to change their gender had to receive a diagnosis of "gender identity disorder" involving several medical tests and a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. In 2011, new guidelines were established and allowed change to identity documents only after sex reassignment surgery, physical and psychiatric medical examinations, hormone therapy and sterilization. Additionally, people under 21 are not allowed to change their gender on their official identity documents. | In 2011, new guidelines were established and allowed change to identity documents only after sex reassignment surgery, physical and psychiatric medical examinations, hormone therapy and sterilization. Additionally, people under 21 are not allowed to change their gender on their official identity documents. |
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Revision by cihalcoc. Corrected the date
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| End Date | 2022 | (NONE) |
Revision by cihalcoc. It is legal now
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| End Date | (NONE) | 2022 |
Revision by maddyksf
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| Description | Since 2003, Transgender individuals have been allowed to change legal gender in Kazakhstan. People who wanted to change their legal genderPeople who wanted to change their gender had to receive a diagnosis of "gender identity disorder" involving several medical tests and a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. In 2011, new guidelines were established and allowed change to identity documents only after sex reassignment surgery, physical and psychiatric medical examinations, hormone therapy and sterilization. Additionally, people under 21 are not allowed to change their gender on their official identity documents. | Since 2003, Transgender individuals have been allowed to change legal gender in Kazakhstan. People who wanted to change their gender had to receive a diagnosis of "gender identity disorder" involving several medical tests and a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. In 2011, new guidelines were established and allowed change to identity documents only after sex reassignment surgery, physical and psychiatric medical examinations, hormone therapy and sterilization. Additionally, people under 21 are not allowed to change their gender on their official identity documents. |
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