Entry #2573: Right to change legal gender in Georgia

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Region	Georgia
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	2008
End Date	Sep 17, 2024
Description	Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Sources	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf

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Revision History (24)

Oct 29, 2024

edited by cosmeticplague. Reverting to revision #41035: Don't change this!!! We need the old entries along with the current

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	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Value	Illegal	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	Sep 17, 2024	2008
End Date	(none)	Sep 17, 2024
Description	Georgia recently passed strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation banning gender changes on official documents.	Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Description	Show Difference Georgia recently passed strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation banning gender changes on official documents. Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Federal Law	Yes	No
Sources	https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-signs-sweeping-anti-lgbtq-bill-into-law/ https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/17/georgias-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbtq-rights https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/georgian-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbt-rights-2024-09-17/	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf
Sources	Show Difference https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-signs-sweeping-anti-lgbtq-bill-into-law/ https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/17/georgias-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbtq-rights https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/georgian-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbt-rights-2024-09-17/ https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf

Oct 29, 2024

edited by Newlife00. New laws has been recently passed.

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Illegal
Start Date	2008	Sep 17, 2024
End Date	Sep 17, 2024	(none)
Description	Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.	Georgia recently passed strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation banning gender changes on official documents.
Description	Show Difference Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery. recently passed strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation banning gender changes on official documents.
Federal Law	No	Yes
Sources	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf	https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-signs-sweeping-anti-lgbtq-bill-into-law/ https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/17/georgias-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbtq-rights https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/georgian-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbt-rights-2024-09-17/
Sources	Show Difference https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-signs-sweeping-anti-lgbtq-bill-into-law/ https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/17/georgias-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbtq-rights https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/georgian-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbt-rights-2024-09-17/

Oct 29, 2024

edited by cosmeticplague. Marking when law ended

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	Old Value	New Value
End Date	(none)	Sep 17, 2024

Oct 10, 2024

edited by qcksws. fixing for the mistake before

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	Old Value	New Value
End Date	Sep 17, 2024	(none)

Oct 10, 2024

edited by r9090. A new law has been passed that changed that

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	Old Value	New Value
End Date	(none)	Sep 17, 2024
Sources	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_(country) https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf
Sources	Show Difference https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_(country) https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf

Oct 3, 2022

edited by Ro_Guy

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	(unknown)	2008
Description	Surgery no required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents.	Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Description	Show Difference Surgery no required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents. Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Sources	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_(country) https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf
Sources	Show Difference https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://iwpr.net/global-voices/georgian-laws-discriminate-transgender-rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_(country) https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf

Reports (1)
Newer law has been passed "i think its legal without surgury by now"
Nov 24, 2022

Sep 10, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, no restrictions
Description	Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. Missing non binary options on documents.	Surgery no required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents.
Description	Show Difference Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. Missing non binary options on documents. Surgery no required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents.

Reports (2)
Status is not correct "It’s legal but requires surgery"
Aug 25, 2022
Status is not correct 
Mar 30, 2020

Sep 7, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court.	Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. Missing non binary options on documents.
Description	Show Difference Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court. Missing non binary options on documents.
Sources	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf
Sources	Show Difference https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MapB_TGEU2018_Online.pdf

Sep 2, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Requires surgery and sterilization.	Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court.
Description	Show Difference Requires surgery and sterilization. Ruled illegal by EU Court.

Aug 31, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Legal, but requires surgery
Description	Missing non binary options.	Requires surgery and sterilization.

Apr 1, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, no restrictions
Start Date	Feb 12, 2018	(unknown)
Description	Requires surgery and sterilization.	Missing non binary options.

Mar 23, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as public announcement of name change.	Requires surgery and sterilization.
Description	Show Difference Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as public announcement of name change. and sterilization.
Sources	No	https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf

Mar 23, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Legal, but requires surgery
Description	No	Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as public announcement of name change.

Feb 12, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, no restrictions
Description	Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as a public announcement of name change.	No
Sources	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA	No

Feb 12, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	Jan 1, 2008	Feb 12, 2018
Description	No	Requires surgery to change all documents. As well as a public announcement of name change.
Sources	No	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA

Nov 7, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, no restrictions

Oct 24, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Requires sterilization.	No

Oct 1, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Requires surgery to change drivers license and birth certificate. as well requires a announcement of change of name.	Requires sterilization.
Description	Show Difference Requires surgery to change drivers license and birth certificate. as well requires a announcement of change of name. sterilization.
Sources	https://lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA	No

Sep 16, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Legal, but requires surgery
Description	Requires sterilization.	Requires surgery to change drivers license and birth certificate. as well requires a announcement of change of name.
Description	Show Difference Requires sterilization. surgery to change drivers license and birth certificate. as well requires a announcement of change of name.
Sources	No	https://lgbtmap.org/equality_maps/profile_state/GA

Aug 25, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	No	Requires sterilization.
Sources	transrespect.org	No

Mar 21, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, no restrictions

Dec 23, 2016

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Start Date	(unknown)	Jan 1, 2008

Oct 16, 2016

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Legal, but requires surgery
Sources	No	transrespect.org

Jul 27, 2016

created by Ausyk

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	Original entry
Status	Legal, no restrictions
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	No
Sources	No