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| Region | Israel |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | Apr 16, 1986 |
| End Date | May 12, 2014 |
| Description | Circular 39/1986, issued by the Ministry of Health, regulated for the first time the "Performance of sex-change surgeries on transsexual persons and to correct defects in hermaphroditism and similar conditions." It established that surgeries will be performed only in a public hospital and that each case will be evaluated by a medical committee of experts. Among the prerequisites for approval of the surgery were that applicants had lived under the requested gender identity for at least two years, hormone treatment for a period determined by the committee in charge of the application, and psychiatric evaluations. The minimum age limit for the operations was 21 years of age. |
| Sources | Circular 39/1986 https://www.gov.il/he/pages/mr39-1986 https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/policy/mr39-1986/he/files_circulars_mr_mr39_1986.pdf (Hebrew) https://web.archive.org/web/20161029180410/http://www.changelingaspects.com/PDF/Sex%20Change%20in%20Israel%20Gender%20Trap.pdf https://www.israel21c.org/timeline-of-lgbtq-rights-in-israel/ |
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| Value | Legal | Restricted |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Apr 16, 1986 |
| End Date | (none) | May 12, 2014 |
| Description | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal, there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. | Circular 39/1986, issued by the Ministry of Health, regulated for the first time the "Performance of sex-change surgeries on transsexual persons and to correct defects in hermaphroditism and similar conditions." It established that surgeries will be performed only in a public hospital and that each case will be evaluated by a medical committee of experts. Among the prerequisites for approval of the surgery were that applicants had lived under the requested gender identity for at least two years, hormone treatment for a period determined by the committee in charge of the application, and psychiatric evaluations. The minimum age limit for the operations was 21 years of age. |
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| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20161029180410/http://www.changelingaspects.com/PDF/Sex%20Change%20in%20Israel%20Gender%20Trap.pdf https://www.israel21c.org/timeline-of-lgbtq-rights-in-israel/ | Circular 39/1986 https://www.gov.il/he/pages/mr39-1986 https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/policy/mr39-1986/he/files_circulars_mr_mr39_1986.pdf (Hebrew) https://web.archive.org/web/20161029180410/http://www.changelingaspects.com/PDF/Sex%20Change%20in%20Israel%20Gender%20Trap.pdf https://www.israel21c.org/timeline-of-lgbtq-rights-in-israel/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Removing start date.
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| Start Date | 1986 | (unknown) |
| Description | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal since 1986, there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal, there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date and another source.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | 1986 |
| Description | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal since 1986, there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. |
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| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20161029180410/http://www.changelingaspects.com/PDF/Sex%20Change%20in%20Israel%20Gender%20Trap.pdf | https://web.archive.org/web/20161029180410/http://www.changelingaspects.com/PDF/Sex%20Change%20in%20Israel%20Gender%20Trap.pdf https://www.israel21c.org/timeline-of-lgbtq-rights-in-israel/ |
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edited by jadeywadey. fixed description wording
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| Description | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | While gender-affirming care in Israel is legal there are many practical barriers. To go through the public health system for gender confirmation surgery you must be approved by a very selective committee, additionally, they only allow one surgeon to perform such an operation. Private healthcare however is much more expensive. It is theorised that the committee is much more likely to reject under-18 applicants, however these claims are unproven. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20161029180410/http://www.changelingaspects.com/PDF/Sex%20Change%20in%20Israel%20Gender%20Trap.pdf |