Current Version
| Region | Turkmenistan |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 5, 1972 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |
| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/11/russia-is-not-the-only-former-soviet-state-to-restrict-lgbt-rights/ |
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Revision History (3)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 1991 | Apr 5, 1972 |
| Description | the Soviet 1972 case of sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery does not apply to independent Turkmenistan | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Start Date | Apr 5, 1972 | 1991 |
| Description | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed | the Soviet 1972 case of sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery does not apply to independent Turkmenistan |
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| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/11/russia-is-not-the-only-former-soviet-state-to-restrict-lgbt-rights/ |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 5, 1972 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |
| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Availability of Legal Gender Recognition: The government provided no legal protection to transgender individuals or recognition of their gender identity.
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/turkmenistan/"