Entry #13090: Right to change legal gender in Albania

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RegionAlbania
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start DateMay 11, 2009
End Datenow
DescriptionLaw No. 10-129 on Civil Status of 2009 sets out the conditions required for change legal gender. Sex-reassignment surgery is required, but transgender people do it mainly in Serbia, because in Albania such surgeries are not performed.
Sourceshttps://mb.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ligji-per-Gjendjen-Civile-i-NDRYSHUAR.pdf


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created by JuliaB

Original entry
StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start DateMay 11, 2009
End Datenow
DescriptionLaw No. 10-129 on Civil Status of 2009 sets out the conditions required for change legal gender. Sex-reassignment surgery is required, but transgender people do it mainly in Serbia, because in Albania such surgeries are not performed.
Sourceshttps://mb.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ligji-per-Gjendjen-Civile-i-NDRYSHUAR.pdf