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| Region | Saudi Arabia |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | 2009 |
| End Date | 2014 |
| Description | Some may happen however it requires the approval of authorities and transgender people even after transition face abuse from peers and police alike. Additionally trans people are not allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. However since 2014, Saudi Arabia has passed multiple medical directives to ensure that only intersex people have access to such care while criminalising it for trans people. |
| Sources | https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-2000-undergo-sex-correction-operations-1.80432841 https://76crimes.com/2022/08/02/in-5-middle-east-nations-gender-affirming-health-care-is-illegal/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. In 2014, Saudi Arabia has effectively banned it.
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| End Date | (none) | 2014 |
| Description | Some may happen however it requires the approval of authorities and transgender people even after transition face abuse from peers and police alike. Additionally trans people are not allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. | Some may happen however it requires the approval of authorities and transgender people even after transition face abuse from peers and police alike. Additionally trans people are not allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. However since 2014, Saudi Arabia has passed multiple medical directives to ensure that only intersex people have access to such care while criminalising it for trans people. |
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| Sources | https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-2000-undergo-sex-correction-operations-1.80432841 | https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-2000-undergo-sex-correction-operations-1.80432841 https://76crimes.com/2022/08/02/in-5-middle-east-nations-gender-affirming-health-care-is-illegal/ |
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edited by jadeywadey. added description info
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| Description | Some may happen however it requires the approval of authorities and transgender people even after transition face abuse from peers and police alike. | Some may happen however it requires the approval of authorities and transgender people even after transition face abuse from peers and police alike. Additionally trans people are not allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. |
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created by jadeywadey
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| Status | Restricted |
| Start Date | 2009 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Some may happen however it requires the approval of authorities and transgender people even after transition face abuse from peers and police alike. |
| Sources | https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-2000-undergo-sex-correction-operations-1.80432841 |