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| Region | Armenia |
| 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| Description | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |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/ https://rainbow-europe.org/#8620/0/0 |
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Revision History (21)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Apr 5, 1972 |
| Description | Armenian trans people can legally change their names, though this is all they can do in their country | the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed |
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| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://rainbow-europe.org/#8620/0/0 | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ https://rainbow-europe.org/#8620/0/0 |
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edited by Canadianstudent03. Ilga (one of the best sources) mentions this
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Special Status | N/A | Ambiguous |
| Description | No Laws in place. | Armenian trans people can legally change their names, though this is all they can do in their country |
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| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://rainbow-europe.org/#8620/0/0 |
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edited by Muhammadaji2022
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Missing non binary options on documents. | No Laws in place. |
Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "You can change your legal gender, if you undergo sex reassignment surgery.
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2017 | (unknown) |
| Description | Conditions ambiguous. | Missing non binary options on documents. |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Sex change is illegal in Armenia"
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Jan 1, 2017 |
| Description | No legal identity change. | Conditions ambiguous. |
| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | No legal identity change. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Not clear. | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | Not clear. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | Requires sterilization. | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No | Requires sterilization. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | Requires sterilization. | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | According to trans respect. requires pathologist. changing of gender marker not legal. | Requires sterilization. |
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| Sources | http://transrespect.org/en/map/pathologization-requirement/ | No |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | According to trans respect. requires pathologist. changing of gender marker not legal. |
| Sources | No | http://transrespect.org/en/map/pathologization-requirement/ |