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| Region | Malta |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 17, 2004 |
| End Date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Description | In 2004, Malta provided for legal gender recognition but required proof of an irreversible sex change for such. |
| Sources | http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session5/MT/MGRM_ILGA-Europe_MLT_UPR_S5_2009_MaltaGayRightsMovement_ILGA-Europe_JOINT.pdf https://legislation.mt/eli/act/2004/18/eng |
Revision History (3)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date and more info.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Dec 17, 2004 |
| End Date | Mar 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Description | Surgery, sterilization and a diagnosis of mental illness is required before legally change gender can be changed. | In 2004, Malta provided for legal gender recognition but required proof of an irreversible sex change for such. |
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| Sources | http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session5/MT/MGRM_ILGA-Europe_MLT_UPR_S5_2009_MaltaGayRightsMovement_ILGA-Europe_JOINT.pdf | http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session5/MT/MGRM_ILGA-Europe_MLT_UPR_S5_2009_MaltaGayRightsMovement_ILGA-Europe_JOINT.pdf https://legislation.mt/eli/act/2004/18/eng |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| End Date | (none) | Mar 2015 |
| Description | Surgery, sterilization and a diagnosis of mental illness is required before legally change gender can be changed. |
| Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session5/MT/MGRM_ILGA-Europe_MLT_UPR_S5_2009_MaltaGayRightsMovement_ILGA-Europe_JOINT.pdf |
Reports (15)
- Status is not correct "GIGESC Law does not require surgery for a gender change"
- Status is not correct "Malta doesn’t require medical intervention for a legal gender change anymore"
- Status is not correct "As of 2015, you do not need to have surgery to legally change your gender.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-rights-malta/surgery-and-sterilization-scrapped-in-maltas-benchmark-lgbti-law-idUSKBN0MS4ZE20150401"
- Status is not correct "Applicants can change their gender identity documents by simply filing an affidavit with a notary, eliminating any requirement for medical gender reassignment procedures under the Gender Identity, Gender Expression And Sex Characteristics Act."
- Status is not correct "4) The person shall not be required to provide proof of asurgical procedure for total or partial genital reassignment,hormonal therapies or any other psychiatric, psychological ormedical treatment to make use of the right to gender identity. - CHAPTER 540GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS ACT"
- Status is not correct "Changing your sex doesn't require surgery in Malta"
- Other "does not require surgery"
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed "On April 1st 2015, Malta adopted the GIGESC Law that made gender change a simple process of self-declaration with a maximum application time of 30 days"
- Status is not correct "you dotn need to change "
- Status is not correct "The legal right to change your gender in Malta no longer requires surgery thanks to the passage of comprehensive transgender rights legislation in 2015."
- Status is not correct "http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/59410/40_gender_changes_since_new_law#.WGrLRst4WhB"
- Status is not correct "No surgery required: http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/world/malta-scraps-surgery-and-sterilisation-measures-and-passes-protections-for-intersex-people-17181.html"
- Status is not correct "No surgery required (law 2013)"
- Status is not correct "No surgery required since April 2015"