Current Version
| Region | Georgia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 2008 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery. |
| Sources | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_(country) https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf |
Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "i think its legal without surgury by now"
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Revision History (19)
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (NONE) | 2008 |
| Description | Surgery no required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents. | Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery. |
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| Sources | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_(country) https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. Missing non binary options on documents. | Surgery no required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "It’s legal but requires surgery"
- Status is not correct
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. | Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Sources | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf |
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| Description | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Missing non binary options. | Requires surgery and sterilization. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Feb 12, 2018 | (NONE) |
| Description | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Missing non binary options. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as public announcement of name change. | Requires surgery and sterilization. |
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| Sources | No | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as public announcement of name change. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as a public announcement of name change. | No |
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| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2008 | Feb 12, 2018 |
| Description | No | Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as a public announcement of name change. |
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| Sources | No | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Requires surgery to change drivers license and birth certificate. as well requires a announcement of change of name. | Requires sterilization. |
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| Sources | https://lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Requires sterilization. | Requires surgery to change drivers license and birth certificate. as well requires a announcement of change of name. |
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| Sources | No | https://lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |