Current Version
| Region | Mongolia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 2009 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | An amandment made in June 2009 to Article 20(1) of the Civil Registration Law allows transgender people to change their legal gender on birth certificates or citizen identification cards following sex reassignment surgery. |
| Sources | BEING LGBT IN ASIA: MONGOLIA COUNTRY REPORT |
Revision History (1)
Revision by Muhammadaji2022
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 1992 | 2009 |
| Description | Date represents adoption of Mongolia's democratic constitution. Transgender Mongolians are subjected to intense discrimination and violence, it is unlikely that trans-Mongolians are permitted to change their legal gender. | An amandment made in June 2009 to Article 20(1) of the Civil Registration Law allows transgender people to change their legal gender on birth certificates or citizen identification cards following sex reassignment surgery. |
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| Sources | http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/27/gay-mongolians-progress-fear-ostracism | BEING LGBT IN ASIA: MONGOLIA COUNTRY REPORT |
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