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| Region | Gagauzia, Unitatea teritoriala autonoma |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 26, 2001 |
| End Date | (none) |
| 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" and a letter proving they had surgery to do so. The law also applied to Gagauzia. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20171125212637/http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=312727&lang=1 |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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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 also applied to Gagauzia. | Transgender people are allowed to change their legal name and gender on official documents in Moldova, but require a psychiatric diagnosis confirming their "transgenderism" and a letter proving they had surgery to do so. The law also applied to Gagauzia. |
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created by DaisyGeekyTrans
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Apr 26, 2001 |
| End Date | (none) |
| 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 also applied to Gagauzia. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20171125212637/http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=312727&lang=1 |