Current Version
| Region | Kyrgyzstan |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 10, 1976 |
| End Date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Description | Operating under the legal framework of the Soviet Union, legal gender recognition became possible under Resolution No. 1006 issued by the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Item 2, sub-item 't' of these basic provisions explicitly allowed for the correction of personal data in civil registry records due to a change of sex. Civil Registry (ZAGS) offices processed these changes based on medical certificates, strictly conditioning the administrative amendment on the applicant having undergone surgical correction. This medicalized procedure was further formalized by the USSR Ministry of Health's "Methodological Guidelines for the Change of Sex" (No. 10-91) on August 30, 1991, which established strict diagnostic criteria for transsexualism. Following its independence in 1991, Kyrgyzstan fully inherited this medicalized Soviet administrative practice, which remained in use until the adoption of its own national legislation in 2005. |
| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ https://www.globalequality.org/component/content/article/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/sotsialno-pravovye-i-meditsinskie-aspekty-transseksualizma-gendernogo-nesootvetstviya https://legalacts.ru/doc/postanovlenie-sovmina-sssr-ot-10121976-n-1006/ https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |
Revision History (1)
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 10, 1976 |
| End Date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Description | Operating under the legal framework of the Soviet Union, legal gender recognition became possible under Resolution No. 1006 issued by the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Item 2, sub-item 't' of these basic provisions explicitly allowed for the correction of personal data in civil registry records due to a change of sex. Civil Registry (ZAGS) offices processed these changes based on medical certificates, strictly conditioning the administrative amendment on the applicant having undergone surgical correction. This medicalized procedure was further formalized by the USSR Ministry of Health's "Methodological Guidelines for the Change of Sex" (No. 10-91) on August 30, 1991, which established strict diagnostic criteria for transsexualism. Following its independence in 1991, Kyrgyzstan fully inherited this medicalized Soviet administrative practice, which remained in use until the adoption of its own national legislation in 2005. |
| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ https://www.globalequality.org/component/content/article/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/sotsialno-pravovye-i-meditsinskie-aspekty-transseksualizma-gendernogo-nesootvetstviya https://legalacts.ru/doc/postanovlenie-sovmina-sssr-ot-10121976-n-1006/ https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |