Current Version
| Region | Bulgaria |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jul 27, 1999 |
| End Date | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Description | On July 27, 1999, the Civil Registration Act entered into force, establishing the general legal framework that courts utilized to grant gender recognition. While the Personal Documents Act of 2009 nominally provided for the possibility of changing sex in identification documents upon presentation of an official document, it failed to specify the requirements or the competent authority, leaving the procedure vague. Consequently, courts filled this gap by applying the Civil Registration Act, but judicial practice typically required proof of irreversible anatomical correspondence to the target gender, effectively making gender reassignment surgery and sterilization mandatory prerequisites for a successful petition. |
| Sources | https://data.globalcit.eu/NationalDB/docs/Civil_Registration_Act%20_%20ENGLISH.pdf https://kvlaw.bg/documents/f/en/07_bulgarian_personal_documents_act.pdf |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jul 27, 1999 |
| End Date | Jan 5, 2017 |
| Description | On July 27, 1999, the Civil Registration Act entered into force, establishing the general legal framework that courts utilized to grant gender recognition. While the Personal Documents Act of 2009 nominally provided for the possibility of changing sex in identification documents upon presentation of an official document, it failed to specify the requirements or the competent authority, leaving the procedure vague. Consequently, courts filled this gap by applying the Civil Registration Act, but judicial practice typically required proof of irreversible anatomical correspondence to the target gender, effectively making gender reassignment surgery and sterilization mandatory prerequisites for a successful petition. |
| Sources | https://data.globalcit.eu/NationalDB/docs/Civil_Registration_Act%20_%20ENGLISH.pdf https://kvlaw.bg/documents/f/en/07_bulgarian_personal_documents_act.pdf |