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| Region | Angola |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is currently no access to gender affirming care in Angola despite legal rulings recognising the right of trans Angolans to healthcare. Trans Angolans generally travel to South Africa for such care but it is notoriously expensive. |
| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Angola.pdf https://aiaangola.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Angola_LGBT_CESCR_final.pdf |
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| Description | There is currently no access to gender affirming care in Angola despite legal rulings recognising the right of trans Angolans to healthcare. Trans Angolans generally travel to South Africa for such care but it is notorious expensive. | There is currently no access to gender affirming care in Angola despite legal rulings recognising the right of trans Angolans to healthcare. Trans Angolans generally travel to South Africa for such care but it is notoriously expensive. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Dead source. Redoing this with more sources and more relevant info.
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| Description | In 2015, Angola legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad. | There is currently no access to gender affirming care in Angola despite legal rulings recognising the right of trans Angolans to healthcare. Trans Angolans generally travel to South Africa for such care but it is notorious expensive. |
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| Sources | https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/EngenderHealth_Contraceptive%20Sterilization-Chapter%204_2002.pdf | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Angola.pdf https://aiaangola.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Angola_LGBT_CESCR_final.pdf |
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| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 2015, Angola legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad. |
| Sources | https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/EngenderHealth_Contraceptive%20Sterilization-Chapter%204_2002.pdf |
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