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| Region | Bangladesh |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | 1969 |
| End Date | 2024 |
| Description | Until 2024, gender-affirming care was forbidden in Bangladesh. Trans Bangladeshis seeking such treatment often go to India or go through it through unknown doctors with high risks of ailments resulting from it. |
| Sources | https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/once-denied-treatment-now-welcomed-room-110-shows-way-345178?amp https://www.norec.no/en/news/news/rishi-created-a-secret-network-for-trans-men-during-the-pandemic/ |
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| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| End Date | (none) | 2024 |
| Description | Gender-affirming care is forbidden in Bangladesh. Trans Bangladeshis seeking such treatment often go to India or go through it through unknown doctors with high risks of ailments resulting from it. | Until 2024, gender-affirming care was forbidden in Bangladesh. Trans Bangladeshis seeking such treatment often go to India or go through it through unknown doctors with high risks of ailments resulting from it. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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| Value | Restricted | Banned |
| Description | In 1969, Bangladesh legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad. | Gender-affirming care is forbidden in Bangladesh. Trans Bangladeshis seeking such treatment often go to India or go through it through unknown doctors with high risks of ailments resulting from it. |
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| Sources | https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/EngenderHealth_Contraceptive%20Sterilization-Chapter%204_2002.pdf | https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/health/once-denied-treatment-now-welcomed-room-110-shows-way-345178?amp https://www.norec.no/en/news/news/rishi-created-a-secret-network-for-trans-men-during-the-pandemic/ |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | 1969 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 1969, Bangladesh 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 |