Current Version
| Region | Moldova |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Transgender people are allowed to change their legal name and gender on official documents in Moldova, but require a psychiatric diagnosis confirming their "transgenderism" to do so. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/moldova-lgbti |
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Revision History (2)
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | Moldovan law allows for legal gender change only after ‘change of sex’. So far this has been interpreted as biological / surgical change of sex. In 2011, four individuals had successfully changed gender in law in Moldova since independence. After biological / surgical change of sex, the Moldovan Ministry of Information and Technology will issue a certificate stating that the person has changed sex. With this certificate it is possible to change all other official documents (passport, birth certificate, ID card etc). | Transgender people are allowed to change their legal name and gender on official documents in Moldova, but require a psychiatric diagnosis confirming their "transgenderism" to do so. |
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| Sources | http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide_europe/country_by_country/moldova/legal | https://database.ilga.org/moldova-lgbti |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Moldovan law allows for legal gender change only after ‘change of sex’. So far this has been interpreted as biological / surgical change of sex. In 2011, four individuals had successfully changed gender in law in Moldova since independence. After biological / surgical change of sex, the Moldovan Ministry of Information and Technology will issue a certificate stating that the person has changed sex. With this certificate it is possible to change all other official documents (passport, birth certificate, ID card etc). |
| Sources | http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide_europe/country_by_country/moldova/legal |