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| Region | Lesotho |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | 1994 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 1994, Lesotho legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad. However, neither sex reassignment surgery nor hormone replacement is available in Lesotho leaving people to go to South Africa for healthcare. |
| Sources | https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/EngenderHealth_Contraceptive%20Sterilization-Chapter%204_2002.pdf https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |
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| Description | In 1994, Lesotho legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad. | In 1994, Lesotho legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad. However, neither sex reassignment surgery nor hormone replacement is available in Lesotho leaving people to go to South Africa for healthcare. |
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| Sources | https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/EngenderHealth_Contraceptive%20Sterilization-Chapter%204_2002.pdf | https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/EngenderHealth_Contraceptive%20Sterilization-Chapter%204_2002.pdf https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | 1994 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 1994, Lesotho legalized sterilization, which de facto meant legalizing sex reassignment surgery, however, medical records regarding transsexualism had to be obtained abroad. |
| Sources | https://www.rhsupplies.org/uploads/tx_rhscpublications/EngenderHealth_Contraceptive%20Sterilization-Chapter%204_2002.pdf |