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| Description | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |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/ |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Availability of Legal Gender Recognition: The government does not permit individuals to change gender identity markers on legal and identifying documents to align them with their gender identity.
Source: 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March 20, 2023
US
Only name change is allowed according to wikipedia"
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 |
| Description | 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 | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |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 |
| Special Status | 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) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
Reports (1)
- 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 |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
Revision by Muhammadaji2022
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | 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
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| Description | 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
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Requires sterilization. | Surgery is allowed but not required. |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| Description | Requires sterilization | Requires sterilization. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | 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 | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | 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 | |
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| Description | Requires surgery. | Requires surgery and sterilization. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Requires sterilization. | Requires surgery. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Requires sterilization. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Requires Sterilization. ruled sterilization not legal by eu. | No |
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Revision by Ausyk
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| Description | 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 | |
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| Description | 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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