Current Version
| Region | Azerbaijan |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 5, 1972 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |
| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |
Revision History (17)
Revision by JuliaB. it's possible to change legal gender in azerbaijan after sex reassignment surgery
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (NONE) | Apr 5, 1972 |
| Note | Transgender people can change their name but not their legal gender. | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |
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| Sources | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |
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Revision by Pizzaslices412653
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Value Special | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Sources | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf | https://www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/AzerbaijanLegal_E.pdf |
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Revision by maddyksf
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Value Special | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
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- Newer law has been passed "Transgender people are allowed to change their gender according to sex assignment surgery"
Revision by bubblyara
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Value Special | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
Revision by Muhammadaji2022
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, surgery not required | (REMOVED) |
| Value Special | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Note | Surgery is allowed but not required. Missing non binary options on documents. | Transgender people can change their name but not their legal gender. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Note | Surgery is allowed but not required. | Surgery is allowed but not required. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, surgery not required |
| Note | Requires sterilization. | Surgery is allowed but not required. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| Note | Requires sterilization | Requires sterilization. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, surgery not required | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Note | Not able to change gender on documents and missing non binary options. | Requires sterilization |
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| Sources | No | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, surgery not required |
| Note | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Not able to change gender on documents and missing non binary options. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Note | Requires surgery. | Requires surgery and sterilization. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Note | Requires sterilization. | Requires surgery. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, surgery not required | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Note | No | Requires sterilization. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Note | Requires Sterilization. ruled sterilization not legal by eu. | No |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Note | Requires Sterilization | Requires Sterilization. ruled sterilization not legal by eu. |
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Reports (1)
- Other "Controversy between the status and note field."
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Note | No | Requires Sterilization |
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| Sources | transrespect.org | No |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Sources | No | transrespect.org |
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