Current Version
| Region | Russia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, surgery not required |
| Start Date | Jan 19, 2018 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Under the 2018 revision by the Ministry of Health, a medical commision can issue a certificate of gender change without the need for surgery or hormone replacement therapy. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf |
Revision History (15)
Revision by beeurd
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Start Date | 1997-11-15 | 2018-01-19 |
| End Date | 2018-09-18 | 9999-12-12 |
| Note | Missing non binary options on documents. Under the 2018 revision of the sex change law in Russia. | Under the 2018 revision by the Ministry of Health, a medical commision can issue a certificate of gender change without the need for surgery or hormone replacement therapy. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Note | Missing non binary options on documents. | Missing non binary options on documents. Under the 2018 revision of the sex change law in Russia. |
Reports (1)
- Date is incorrect "Since 2018 it is not required for any surgery to have your legal gender changed in Russia.
https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf"
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, surgery not required |
| End Date | 2018-08-18 | 2018-09-18 |
| Note | Requires surgery and sterilization. Missing non binary options on documents. | Missing non binary options on documents. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, surgery not required | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Note | Surgery not required to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents. | Requires surgery and sterilization. Missing non binary options on documents. |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-07-28 | 2018-08-18 |
| Note | Surgery not required to change documents. | Surgery not required to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents. |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-06-08 | 2018-07-28 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-05-04 | 2018-06-08 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-04-23 | 2018-05-04 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, surgery not required |
| End Date | 2018-04-11 | 2018-04-23 |
| Note | Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled unconstitutional. | Surgery not required to change documents. |
| Sources | http://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-02-26 | 2018-04-11 |
| Note | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled unconstitutional. |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-02-22 | 2018-02-26 |
| Note | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Requires surgery and sterilization. |
| Sources | http://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf | http://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-02-01 | 2018-02-22 |
| Note | Requires surgery | Requires surgery and sterilization. |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | 2018-01-29 | 2018-02-01 |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | |
| Value Special | ambiguous | |
| End Date | 2017-12-23 | 2018-01-29 |
| Note | Requires sterilization to change gender. Sterilization ruled not legal by EU. | Requires surgery |
Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | |
| Value Special | ambiguous | |
| End Date | 2017-10-17 | 2017-12-23 |
| Note | Requires sterilization to change gender. | Requires sterilization to change gender. Sterilization ruled not legal by EU. |