Current Version
| Region | Slovakia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Mar 3, 2023 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SK%20-%20EXE%20-%20Standard%20Procedure%20F64%200%20(2023)%20-%20TR(en).pdf |
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Revision History (7)
edited by Unknownmiles. Reverting to revision #38196: reverting by cosmetic plagues request
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | Ministry of Health Revoked all Guidelines and transphobic Surgeons are unwilling to preform this. Entry consistently vandalised by homophobe cosmeticplague | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Entry consistently vandalised by homophobe cosmeticplague
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis | Illegal |
| Description | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. | Ministry of Health Revoked all Guidelines and transphobic Surgeons are unwilling to preform this. Entry consistently vandalised by homophobe cosmeticplague |
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edited by cosmeticplague. DO NOT change this back. Previous status was incorrect and considered edit warring. To change, join the server.
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | Gender Change guidelines revoked and medical professionals in the country are unwilling to carry out the procedure. healthcare providers in Slovakia are refusing to provide transgender care, which forces trans people living in Slovakia to seek healthcare abroad, and some civil registry offices are refusing to process any applications to change legal gender, citing lack of regulation and telling them to wait for approval of the new standards of care by the Ministry of Health, meaning change of legal gender is impossible to achieve. | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. |
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| Sources | https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/slovakia-revokes-gender-reassignment-guidelines/ | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SK%20-%20EXE%20-%20Standard%20Procedure%20F64%200%20(2023)%20-%20TR(en).pdf |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Previous entry was incorrect and an example of Vandalism
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis | Illegal |
| Description | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. | Gender Change guidelines revoked and medical professionals in the country are unwilling to carry out the procedure. healthcare providers in Slovakia are refusing to provide transgender care, which forces trans people living in Slovakia to seek healthcare abroad, and some civil registry offices are refusing to process any applications to change legal gender, citing lack of regulation and telling them to wait for approval of the new standards of care by the Ministry of Health, meaning change of legal gender is impossible to achieve. |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SK%20-%20EXE%20-%20Standard%20Procedure%20F64%200%20(2023)%20-%20TR(en).pdf | https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/slovakia-revokes-gender-reassignment-guidelines/ |
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edited by cosmeticplague. The previous status was correct
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | Since 2022, the Gender change had become de facto impossible in the country and since 2023, the guidelines on how to conduct sex change operations were revoked making gender change completely impossible in the country | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. |
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| Sources | https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/slovakia-revokes-gender-reassignment-guidelines/ | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SK%20-%20EXE%20-%20Standard%20Procedure%20F64%200%20(2023)%20-%20TR(en).pdf |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Since 2022, the Gender change had become de facto impossible in the country and since 2023, the guidelines on how to conduct sex change operations were revoked making gender change completely impossible in the country
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis | Illegal |
| Description | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. | Since 2022, the Gender change had become de facto impossible in the country and since 2023, the guidelines on how to conduct sex change operations were revoked making gender change completely impossible in the country |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SK%20-%20EXE%20-%20Standard%20Procedure%20F64%200%20(2023)%20-%20TR(en).pdf | https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/slovakia-revokes-gender-reassignment-guidelines/ |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Mar 3, 2023 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Ministry of Health approved a Public Health Standard, eliminating the forced sterilisation requirement for changing the gender marker in the Registry Office. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SK%20-%20EXE%20-%20Standard%20Procedure%20F64%200%20(2023)%20-%20TR(en).pdf |
Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "Slovakia’s Health Ministry revoked the standard.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/slovakia-revokes-gender-reassignment-guidelines/"