Entry #12279: Right to change legal gender in Slovakia

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Region	Slovakia
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	Jan 1, 1970
End Date	-0001
Description	Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access
Sources	https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf https://transrightsmap.tgeu.org/

Revision History (13)

Mar 13, 2025

deleted by jadeywadey. duplicate

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Aug 18, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access

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End Date	(none)	-0001
Description	Czechoslovak law from 1970 applies in Slovakia. Transgender people in Slovakia have the right to change their legal gender after undergoing sterilization	Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access
Description	Show Difference Czechoslovak law from 1970 applies in Slovakia. Transgender people in Slovakia have the right to change their legal gender after undergoing sterilization Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access

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Duplicate entry "Duplicate entry with nonsensical end date.
http://www.transfuzia.org/situacia-na-slovensku/legislativa"
Mar 10, 2025

Aug 11, 2023

edited by JuliaB. Law is currently active

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End Date	2022	(none)

Aug 10, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. De facto impossible since 2022

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End Date	(none)	2022

Aug 8, 2023

edited by JuliaB. Czechoslovak law from 1970 applies in Slovakia

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal, but requires surgery
Special Status	Ambiguous	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	(unknown)	Jan 1, 1970
Description	Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022	Czechoslovak law from 1970 applies in Slovakia. Transgender people in Slovakia have the right to change their legal gender after undergoing sterilization
Description	Show Difference Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022 Czechoslovak law from 1970 applies in Slovakia. Transgender people in Slovakia have the right to change their legal gender after undergoing sterilization
Sources	https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf	https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf https://transrightsmap.tgeu.org/
Sources	Show Difference https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf https://transrightsmap.tgeu.org/

Aug 7, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. It’s near impossible as of 2023

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Legal, but requires surgery	Ambiguous
Description	A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s.	Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022
Description	Show Difference A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s. Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022

Aug 6, 2023

edited by JuliaB. Czechoslovak law was never abolished

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal, but requires surgery
Special Status	Ambiguous	Legal, but requires surgery
Description	Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022	A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s.
Description	Show Difference Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022 A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s.
Sources	https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/slovakia-block-legal-recognition-trans-people-lgbtq	https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf
Sources	Show Difference https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/slovakia-block-legal-recognition-trans-people-lgbtq https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf

Jul 20, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. Vito12 is continuing to edit the source without knowledge

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Legal, but requires surgery	Ambiguous

Jul 20, 2023

edited by Vito12. If this is wrong please change it

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Legal, but requires surgery

Jul 20, 2023

edited by Vito12. If this is wrong please change it

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal, no restrictions
Special Status	Ambiguous	Legal, no restrictions
Description	In Slovakia, there is ongoing debate wherever trans people should be legally allowed to change their gender, it is already de facto impossible for a Slovak to change it legally	Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022
Description	Show Difference In Slovakia, there is ongoing debate wherever trans people should be legally allowed to change their gender, it is already de facto impossible for a Slovak to change it legally Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022

Jul 9, 2023

edited by Canadianstudent03. Someone called Vito12 has been editing without sources, I’m here to fix their damage

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Legal, no restrictions	Ambiguous
Start Date	Mar 3, 2023	(unknown)
Description	Allowed to change legal gender by law	In Slovakia, there is ongoing debate wherever trans people should be legally allowed to change their gender, it is already de facto impossible for a Slovak to change it legally
Description	Show Difference Allowed to change legal gender by law In Slovakia, there is ongoing debate wherever trans people should be legally allowed to change their gender, it is already de facto impossible for a Slovak to change it legally
Sources	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Slovakia	https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/slovakia-block-legal-recognition-trans-people-lgbtq
Sources	Show Difference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Slovakia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/slovakia-block-legal-recognition-trans-people-lgbtq

Jul 9, 2023

edited by Vito12. If this is wrong please say

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	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal, no restrictions
Special Status	Ambiguous	Legal, no restrictions
Description	On March 3, 2023, the once suspended standards of care for transgender people have been once again signed into force and republished by the former Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský. However, the impact of the standards in regards to access to the care and acceptance by the civil registries remains to be seen.	Allowed to change legal gender by law
Description	Show Difference On March 3, 2023, the once suspended standards of care for transgender people have been once again signed into force and republished by the former Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský. However, the impact of the standards in regards to access to the care and acceptance by the civil registries remains to be seen. Allowed to change legal gender by law
Sources	https://dennikn.sk/3266478/lengvarsky-schvalil-standard-pre-transrodovych-ludi-a-umoznil-zapisat-zmenu-pohlavia-aj-bez-chirurgickeho-zakroku/	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Slovakia
Sources	Show Difference https://dennikn.sk/3266478/lengvarsky-schvalil-standard-pre-transrodovych-ludi-a-umoznil-zapisat-zmenu-pohlavia-aj-bez-chirurgickeho-zakroku/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Slovakia

Apr 18, 2023

created by Markissik

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	Original entry
Status	Ambiguous
Start Date	Mar 3, 2023
End Date	(none)
Description	On March 3, 2023, the once suspended standards of care for transgender people have been once again signed into force and republished by the former Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský. However, the impact of the standards in regards to access to the care and acceptance by the civil registries remains to be seen.
Sources	https://dennikn.sk/3266478/lengvarsky-schvalil-standard-pre-transrodovych-ludi-a-umoznil-zapisat-zmenu-pohlavia-aj-bez-chirurgickeho-zakroku/

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Newer law has been passed "its legal "
Jul 9, 2023