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EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Clarification of information "
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Legal sex reassignment remains technically legal in Russia post-2023, but its legality is deliberately hidden behind restricted medical exceptions and judicial mechanisms rather than functioning as…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Reverting to the detailed, fully sourced legal version. Replacing a comprehensive statutory breakdown of the 1995 Family Code No. 223-FZ and the 2020 Constitutional amendments with a vague, superficial summary demonstrates a complete lack of understanding and works directly to the detriment of this site. Removing verified primary sources and precise legal explanations severely degrades content quality. Restored the complete legal framework explaining Article 12 of the Family Code and Article 72 of the Constitution."
Same-sex marriage: Banned from Dec 29, 1995 to (none).
Same-sex marriage is strictly illegal in Russia. Article 12 of Family Code No. 223-FZ of 29 December 1995 restricts marriage strictly to a man and a woman, a definition constitutionally codified on…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Reverting to the verified legal status. Claiming that the equal age of consent in Russia is unknown or ambiguous based on the situation in Chechnya is completely absurd. Article 134 of the Federal Criminal Code applies uniformly across the entire Russian Federation, including Chechnya, setting an equal age of consent at 16 with zero statutory distinction based on sexual orientation. Conflating local extrajudicial actions with codified federal criminal law is a total misrepresentation of statutory status and severely misleads readers about how federal law operates."
Equal age of consent: Varies by Region from 1996 to (none).
The age of consent in the Russian Federation is 16 years old and has applied equally to all individuals regardless of sexual orientation since 27 May 1993. Following the enactment of Law No. 4892-I…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Reverting back to the accurate legal status. Claiming that the legal status of homosexuality in Russia is ambiguous simply because of extrajudicial persecution in Chechnya is absurd and deeply misleading. The Federal Criminal Code of the Russian Federation applies universally across all federal subjects, including the Chechen Republic, and it contains no statutory ban or criminal penalty for consensual same-sex relations. Local human rights abuses and extrajudicial practices by regional authorities do not rewrite codified federal law or change official statutory legality. Conflating illegal extrajudicial actions with federal statutory status distorts basic legal analysis and misinforms readers."
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from 1996 to (none).
Homosexuality in the Russian Federation has been fully legal under federal law since 27 May 1993, following the formal repeal of Article 121 of the RSFSR Criminal Code, which eliminated all criminal…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Reverting to the fully cited legal version. Replacing codified federal statutes and official government legislation links with vague secondary media summaries severely degrades content quality and factual accuracy. Mass media headlines are not a substitute for actual federal law such as Federal Law 386-FZ, Article 52 Part 2 of Law 323-FZ, and Law 143-FZ, which explicitly outline state medical commission authority and statutory diagnostic exceptions. Systematically wiping out verified primary legal sources from official databases like pravo.gov.ru in favor of superficial news commentary is disruptive and deeply misleads readers about how Russian statutory law actually operates."
Gender-affirming care: Restricted from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Medical care regarding sex reassignment remains legally achievable and operational within the Russian federal healthcare system by falling directly under statutory diagnostic exceptions. Under…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Reverted edit. The cited 2023 law (386-FZ) has nothing to do with public toilet access or facility regulations; invoking it here is a complete hallucination of statutory content. Conflating medical/civil registration laws with public space policies severely misleads readers. Restored the accurate, facility-specific legal basis."
Bathroom access: No explicit protections from (unknown) to (none).
Russian sanitary, building, and institutional law does not contain and has never contained dedicated norms regulating access to restrooms on the basis of sex or gender, as the legal concept of…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"The previous edit substituted exact statutory analysis with brief, secondary media reports. Mass media headlines are not a valid proxy for codified Russian federal law. The legal status of sex reassignment procedures and civil record updates is strictly defined by Federal Law No. 386-FZ, Article 52 Part 2 of Federal Law No. 323-FZ, and Federal Law No. 143-FZ. Re-instated complete statutory references, specific medical commission exceptions, and precise legal classifications over superficial media commentary."
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Old Value New Value (Current) Value Legal, but requires surgery (REMOVED) Special Status Legal, but requires surgery Ambiguous Description Legal sex reassignment remains technically legal in…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Clarification of information"
Censorship of LGBT issues: Imprisonment as punishment from Nov 30, 2023 to (none).
Public LGBT activities, organizations, and advocacy in the Russian Federation are classified as extremist and strictly prohibited under federal anti-extremism laws following a decision by the…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Clarification of information"
Same-sex marriage: Banned from Dec 29, 1995 to (none).
Same-sex marriage is strictly illegal in Russia. Article 12 of Family Code No. 223-FZ of 29 December 1995 restricts marriage strictly to a man and a woman, a definition constitutionally codified on…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Clarification of information"
Serving openly in military: Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned from Feb 25, 2003 to (none).
In the Russian Federation, military service eligibility regarding gender identity and sexual orientation is governed strictly by the medical standards set forth in the Schedule of Diseases…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Clarification of information"
Equal age of consent: Varies by Region from 1996 to (none).
The age of consent in the Russian Federation is 16 years old and has applied equally to all individuals regardless of sexual orientation since 27 May 1993. Following the enactment of Law No. 4892-I…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"clarifying that sex reassignment medical care operates through state medical commissions classifying it under statutory exceptions for congenital and endocrine conditions"
Gender-affirming care: Restricted from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Medical care regarding sex reassignment remains legally achievable and operational within the Russian federal healthcare system by falling directly under statutory diagnostic exceptions. Under…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Clarification of information"
Homosexual activity: Varies by Region from 1996 to (none).
Homosexuality in the Russian Federation has been fully legal under federal law since 27 May 1993, following the formal repeal of Article 121 of the RSFSR Criminal Code, which eliminated all criminal…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"Added legal sources and clarified the legal sex reassignment procedure and mechanics in Russia."
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Legal sex reassignment remains technically legal in Russia post-2023, but its legality is deliberately hidden behind restricted medical exceptions and judicial mechanisms rather than functioning as…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202307240059#:~:text=%D0%9E%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2.%20%D0%9E%D0%A4%D0%98%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%AC%D0%9D%D0%9E%D0%95%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%95.%20%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F,%C2%B7%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%86%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9F%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%9A%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%9D%D0%94%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%AC%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF."
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Legal sex reassignment remains technically legal in Russia post-2023, but its legality is deliberately hidden behind restricted medical exceptions and judicial mechanisms rather than functioning as…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202307240059#:~:text=%D0%9E%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2.%20%D0%9E%D0%A4%D0%98%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%AC%D0%9D%D0%9E%D0%95%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%95.%20%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F,%C2%B7%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%86%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9F%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%9A%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%9D%D0%94%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%AC%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF."
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Legal sex reassignment remains technically legal in Russia post-2023, but its legality is deliberately hidden behind restricted medical exceptions and judicial mechanisms rather than functioning as…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202307240059#:~:text=%D0%9E%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2.%20%D0%9E%D0%A4%D0%98%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%AC%D0%9D%D0%9E%D0%95%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%95.%20%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F,%C2%B7%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%86%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9F%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%9A%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%9D%D0%94%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%AC%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF."
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Legal sex reassignment remains technically legal in Russia post-2023, but its legality is deliberately hidden behind restricted medical exceptions and judicial mechanisms rather than functioning as…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202307240059#:~:text=%D0%9E%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5%20%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2.%20%D0%9E%D0%A4%D0%98%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%AC%D0%9D%D0%9E%D0%95%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%95.%20%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F,%C2%B7%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%86%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9F%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%9A%20%C2%B7%20%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%9D%D0%94%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%AC%20%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%91%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%AF."
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 24, 2023 to (none).
Legal sex reassignment remains technically legal in Russia post-2023, but its legality is deliberately hidden behind restricted medical exceptions and judicial mechanisms rather than functioning as…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Russia.
"The 2023 legal amendments solely address medical transition procedures and civil status updates under Federal Laws No. 143-FZ and No. 323-FZ. They do not regulate, restrict, or penalize physical access to public restrooms, which remains governed entirely by sanitary and building codes (SP 118.13330.2012 and SP 2.2.3670-20) where no entry prohibitions or sanctions exist."
Bathroom access: No explicit protections from (unknown) to (none).
Russian sanitary, building, and institutional law does not contain and has never contained dedicated norms regulating access to restrooms on the basis of sex or gender, as the legal concept of…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Poland.
"Clarification of information"
Bathroom access: No explicit protections from (unknown) to (none).
Polish sanitary, building, and institutional law does not contain and has never contained dedicated norms regulating access to restrooms on the basis of gender, as the concept of gender does not…
EqLawyer created an entry in Poland.
Bathroom access: No explicit protections from (unknown) to (none).
Polish sanitary, building, and institutional law does not contain and has never contained dedicated norms regulating access to restrooms on the basis of sex or transsexualism, as the concept of…
EqLawyer edited an entry in South Dakota.
"change of status"
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 1, 1980 to (none).
Legal gender recognition is permitted under a broad interpretation of South Dakota Codified Laws § 34-25-51 and South Dakota Administrative Rule (ARSD) 44:09:05:02. While the statute and…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Virginia.
"Clarification of information"
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Mar 27, 1979 to Sep 1, 2020.
Virginia officially codified legal gender recognition as part of a comprehensive revision of its vital statistics framework. The statute (Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-269(E)) mandated that the State…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Virginia.
"Clarification of information"
Right to change legal gender: Illegal from (unknown) to Mar 27, 1979.
Virginia did not have a specific statutory provision explicitly addressing the amendment of sex designations on birth certificates for transgender individuals. However, historical court records…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Indiana.
"Clarification of information"
Right to change legal gender: Illegal from Mar 4, 2025 to (none).
Governor Mike Braun issued an Executive Order that effectively halted legal gender recognition in Indiana. The mandate directs all executive branch agencies, including the Indiana Department of…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Indiana.
"Clarification of information"
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jun 30, 1993 to Mar 4, 2025.
Legal gender recognition was enabled with the enactment of Indiana Code Ann. § 16-37-2-10, which officially took effect on July 1, 1993. While the statute is entirely silent on sex-reassignment…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Kentucky.
"change of status"
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jun 27, 2022 to (none).
Kentucky's legal status was confirmed in an email sent by lawyer Todd Shipp of the KYTC Office of Legal Services. KRS 213.121 states; "Upon receipt of a sworn statement by a licensed…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Kentucky.
"change of status"
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Jul 13, 1990 to Jun 27, 2022.
KRS 213.121 states that an individual may have their birth certificate amended with proof from a licensed physician that their gender has been changed by a surgical procedure and court order of name…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Georgia.
"Clarification of information"
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Nov 1, 1982 to (none).
Legal gender recognition was formally codified into state law with the comprehensive rewrite of the vital records chapter under Ga. L. 1982, p. 723. Currently codified at Ga. Code Ann. §…
EqLawyer edited an entry in Georgia.
"Clarification of information"
Right to change legal gender: Illegal from (unknown) to Oct 31, 1982.
Georgia law provided no explicit statutory provisions or established administrative procedures enabling transgender individuals to alter the gender marker on their civil status records. The civil…
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31 Regions Contributed To

Region
Edits
Russia
23
Poland
10
Finland
3
Portugal
3
Kyrgyzstan
3
Nevada
2
Norway
2
Moldova
2
Missouri
2
Ukraine
2
Arkansas
2
Hungary
2
Georgia
2
North Macedonia
2
North Korea
2
Kentucky
2
Bulgaria
2
Indiana
2
Belgium
2
Virginia
2
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