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| Region | Bulgaria |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2005 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Even though it is technically legal for adults with a prescription due to the lack of availability of gender affirming care, any form of do-it-yourself HRT being illegal and the unclear legal status of sterilisation it is restricted. |
| Sources | https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/access-transgender-hormone-therapy https://www.speakactchange.org/2019/05/28/how-it-is-to-be-a-transgender-person-in-bulgaria/ https://www.edf-feph.org/bulgaria-forced-sterilization/ |
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edited by fem_enby_queen_07769. This entry did not reflect the current nature of getting gender affirming care in Bulgaria.
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| Value | Legal | Restricted |
| Description | In 2005, Bulgaria adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition. | Even though it is technically legal for adults with a prescription due to the lack of availability of gender affirming care, any form of do-it-yourself HRT being illegal and the unclear legal status of sterilisation it is restricted. |
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| Sources | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=earliest | https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/access-transgender-hormone-therapy https://www.speakactchange.org/2019/05/28/how-it-is-to-be-a-transgender-person-in-bulgaria/ https://www.edf-feph.org/bulgaria-forced-sterilization/ |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | 2005 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 2005, Bulgaria adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition. |
| Sources | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=earliest |