Current Version
| Region | Kazakhstan |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | 2003 |
| End Date | 2011 |
| Description | Since 2003, Transgender individuals have been allowed to change legal gender in Kazakhstan. People who wanted to change their gender had to receive a diagnosis of "gender identity disorder" involving several medical tests and a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. |
| Sources | https://tbinternet.ohchr.org › ...PDF Web results Violations by Kazakhstan of the Right of Transgender Persons to Legal ... |
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Revision History (4)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2003 |
| End Date | Dec 16, 1991 | 2011 |
| Description | surgery required | Since 2003, Transgender individuals have been allowed to change legal gender in Kazakhstan. People who wanted to change their gender had to receive a diagnosis of "gender identity disorder" involving several medical tests and a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. |
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| Sources | the old one was fake | https://tbinternet.ohchr.org › ...PDF Web results Violations by Kazakhstan of the Right of Transgender Persons to Legal ... |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Start Date | 2022 | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) | Dec 16, 1991 |
edited by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added information
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1 | Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Even though sterilization is required, a whole gender reassignment surgery does not have to be performed since 2022 | surgery required |
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| Sources | I am a citizen of Kazakhstan | the old one was fake |