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| Region | Slovakia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1970 |
| End Date | -0001 |
| Description | Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access |
| Sources | https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf https://transrightsmap.tgeu.org/ |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access
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| End Date | (none) | -0001 |
| Description | Czechoslovak law from 1970 applies in Slovakia. Transgender people in Slovakia have the right to change their legal gender after undergoing sterilization | Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. De facto impossible since 2022
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| End Date | (none) | 2022 |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Jan 1, 1970 |
| Description | Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022 | Czechoslovak law from 1970 applies in Slovakia. Transgender people in Slovakia have the right to change their legal gender after undergoing sterilization |
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| Sources | https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf | https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf https://transrightsmap.tgeu.org/ |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. It’s near impossible as of 2023
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s. | Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022 |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022 | A legal change of gender is obtained through the local registry office. This process includes obtaining a new birth certificate or a personal identification number (called a Birth Number) and has been possible since the 1970s. |
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| Sources | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/slovakia-block-legal-recognition-trans-people-lgbtq | https://lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOTE-20100601-PE425.621-Transgender-Persons-Rights-in-the-EU-Member-States.pdf |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Vito12 is continuing to edit the source without knowledge
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | In Slovakia, there is ongoing debate wherever trans people should be legally allowed to change their gender, it is already de facto impossible for a Slovak to change it legally | Allowed to change legal gender by law and in theory. De facto almost impossible since 2022 |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Someone called Vito12 has been editing without sources, I’m here to fix their damage
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Mar 3, 2023 | (unknown) |
| Description | Allowed to change legal gender by law | In Slovakia, there is ongoing debate wherever trans people should be legally allowed to change their gender, it is already de facto impossible for a Slovak to change it legally |
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| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Slovakia | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/slovakia-block-legal-recognition-trans-people-lgbtq |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | On March 3, 2023, the once suspended standards of care for transgender people have been once again signed into force and republished by the former Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský. However, the impact of the standards in regards to access to the care and acceptance by the civil registries remains to be seen. | Allowed to change legal gender by law |
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| Sources | https://dennikn.sk/3266478/lengvarsky-schvalil-standard-pre-transrodovych-ludi-a-umoznil-zapisat-zmenu-pohlavia-aj-bez-chirurgickeho-zakroku/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Slovakia |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Mar 3, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | On March 3, 2023, the once suspended standards of care for transgender people have been once again signed into force and republished by the former Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský. However, the impact of the standards in regards to access to the care and acceptance by the civil registries remains to be seen. |
| Sources | https://dennikn.sk/3266478/lengvarsky-schvalil-standard-pre-transrodovych-ludi-a-umoznil-zapisat-zmenu-pohlavia-aj-bez-chirurgickeho-zakroku/ |
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- Newer law has been passed "its legal "