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| Region | Bulgaria |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Feb 21, 2023 |
| Description | Before the 2023 supreme court ruling sterilisation was required to change legal gender. |
| Sources | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf https://sofiaglobe.com/2023/02/21/bulgaria-high-court-ruling-bans-legal-change-of-gender/ |
Revision History (12)
edited by jadeywadey. improved description and added source
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| Description | Requires sterilization. Ruled not legal by EU. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on documents. | Before the 2023 supreme court ruling sterilisation was required to change legal gender. |
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| 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://sofiaglobe.com/2023/02/21/bulgaria-high-court-ruling-bans-legal-change-of-gender/ |
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- Sources are invalid or broken "Link gives 404 not found
https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf"
edited by Notdog1996
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
Reports (5)
- Newer law has been passed "https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/bulgaria-bans-gender-reassignment-surgery/"
- Newer law has been passed "https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/bulgaria-bans-gender-reassignment-surgery/"
- Status is not correct "The law just changed in feb 2023. Now is illegal"
- Newer law has been passed "On February 21st, Bulgaria outlawed gender changes."
- Status is not correct "not legal since 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bulgaria"
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, but requires surgery | Ambiguous |
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| Description | Requires sterilization. Ruled not legal by EU. Changes pending. | Requires sterilization. Ruled not legal by EU. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Description | Requires sterilization. Ruled not legal by EU. | Requires sterilization. Ruled not legal by EU. Changes pending. |
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| Start Date | Mar 25, 2015 | (unknown) |
| Sources | No | https://tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trans-mapA_Map2016july.pdf |
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| Description | Requires sterilization. | Requires sterilization. Ruled not legal by EU. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |