Current Version
| Region | Moldova |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 26, 2001 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Law on Civil Status Acts (Law No. 100-XV) was officially published and entered into force, establishing the first direct Moldovan statutory basis for legal gender recognition. Article 66, paragraph 2(c) of this legislation explicitly grants the civil status office the authority to process requests for the modification, rectification, or completion of civil status records when the applicant presents an official document regarding the change of their sex. In established administrative practice and legal interpretation, this provision requires the applicant to submit a medical certificate of gender correction proving that irreversible surgical intervention has been performed. Although the current legislation lacks detailed secondary mechanisms specifying the domestic issuance of such certificates, the 2001 law maintains a functional, state-sanctioned legal pathway for transgender individuals to officially amend their civil records and identification documents upon the completion of surgical transition. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20171125212637/http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=312727&lang=1 |
| Federal Law | Yes |
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| Value | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Transgender people are allowed to change their legal name and gender on official documents in Moldova, but require a psychiatric diagnosis confirming their "transgenderism" to do so. | The Law on Civil Status Acts (Law No. 100-XV) was officially published and entered into force, establishing the first direct Moldovan statutory basis for legal gender recognition. Article 66, paragraph 2(c) of this legislation explicitly grants the civil status office the authority to process requests for the modification, rectification, or completion of civil status records when the applicant presents an official document regarding the change of their sex. In established administrative practice and legal interpretation, this provision requires the applicant to submit a medical certificate of gender correction proving that irreversible surgical intervention has been performed. Although the current legislation lacks detailed secondary mechanisms specifying the domestic issuance of such certificates, the 2001 law maintains a functional, state-sanctioned legal pathway for transgender individuals to officially amend their civil records and identification documents upon the completion of surgical transition. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Replacing ILGA source.
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/moldova-lgbti https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/MD%20-%20LEG%20-%20Law%20No%20100-XV%20%20on%20Civil%20Status%20Acts%20(2001)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(ro).pdf | https://web.archive.org/web/20171125212637/http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=312727&lang=1 |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Apr 26, 2001 |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/moldova-lgbti | https://database.ilga.org/moldova-lgbti https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/MD%20-%20LEG%20-%20Law%20No%20100-XV%20%20on%20Civil%20Status%20Acts%20(2001)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(ro).pdf |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | Moldovan law allows for legal gender change only after ‘change of sex’. So far this has been interpreted as biological / surgical change of sex. In 2011, four individuals had successfully changed gender in law in Moldova since independence. After biological / surgical change of sex, the Moldovan Ministry of Information and Technology will issue a certificate stating that the person has changed sex. With this certificate it is possible to change all other official documents (passport, birth certificate, ID card etc). | Transgender people are allowed to change their legal name and gender on official documents in Moldova, but require a psychiatric diagnosis confirming their "transgenderism" to do so. |
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| Sources | http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide_europe/country_by_country/moldova/legal | https://database.ilga.org/moldova-lgbti |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Moldovan law allows for legal gender change only after ‘change of sex’. So far this has been interpreted as biological / surgical change of sex. In 2011, four individuals had successfully changed gender in law in Moldova since independence. After biological / surgical change of sex, the Moldovan Ministry of Information and Technology will issue a certificate stating that the person has changed sex. With this certificate it is possible to change all other official documents (passport, birth certificate, ID card etc). |
| Sources | http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide_europe/country_by_country/moldova/legal |