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| Region | France |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1920 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 1975 |
| Description | France banned gender reassignment surgeries on people who were not intersex until 1975. However, hormones were accessible without a prescription. Trans people would often go to Germany or Morocco to get reassignment surgeries. |
| Sources | https://www.memoire-sexualites.org/chronologie-mouvement-trans/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060428021447/http://www.symposion.com/ijt/cauldwell/cauldwell_01.htm |
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edited by Notdog1996. Adding relevant context and sources
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but restricted for minors | Restricted |
| Start Date | 1979 | Jan 1, 1920 |
| End Date | 2000 | Jan 1, 1975 |
| Description | In 1979, France adopted the ICD-9 classification, which included codes allowing for the diagnosis of transsexualism in adults. | France banned gender reassignment surgeries on people who were not intersex until 1975. However, hormones were accessible without a prescription. Trans people would often go to Germany or Morocco to get reassignment surgeries. |
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| Sources | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=earliest | https://www.memoire-sexualites.org/chronologie-mouvement-trans/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060428021447/http://www.symposion.com/ijt/cauldwell/cauldwell_01.htm |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but restricted for minors |
| Start Date | 1979 |
| End Date | 2000 |
| Description | In 1979, France adopted the ICD-9 classification, which included codes allowing for the diagnosis of transsexualism in adults. |
| Sources | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/icd-code-version-used-to-classify-causes-of-death?time=earliest |