Current Version
| Region | Kyrgyzstan |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2020 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/kyrgyzstan-lgbti |
Revision History (3)
Revision by e_seurat. Fixing status
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | The State Registration Service indicates that the surgeries necessary to change one's legal gender would only be allowed for medical reasons, which makes it unclear if trans people would be able to change their marker. | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. |
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Revision by Notdog1996. Ambiguous at best
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jan 2014 | Aug 1, 2020 |
| Description | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. | The State Registration Service indicates that the surgeries necessary to change one's legal gender would only be allowed for medical reasons, which makes it unclear if trans people would be able to change their marker. |
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Revision by maya_kh. edit law
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2020 | Jan 2014 |
| Description | The State Registration Service indicates that the surgeries necessary to change one's legal gender would only be allowed for medical reasons, which makes it unclear if trans people would be able to change their marker. | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. |
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