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Legal gender recognition

The process of changing the name and gender marker in a passport and/or other identity documents to ones that align with a person’s gender identity.

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Transgender families Special 22.08.2026 Transgender families …that gives rise to specific questions about family unions involving trans people is gender transition. Legal gender recognition means changing the gender marker, that is, the “passport sex,” in a person's identity documents. And this,…
Gender transition in Ukraine: (non-)compliance with human rights standards Blog 31.03.2019 Gender transition in Ukraine: (non-)compliance with human rights standards …was the year when the regulatory framework governing the transition procedure in general and, in particular, legal gender recognition – that is, obtaining personal documents in which the name and gender marker correspond to the person’s…
Analytical materials 09.12.2025 Overview of legislative restrictions on the rights of LGBT+ people in the countries of the former USSR …but requires approval from an expert medical commission and mandatory hormone replacement therapy before legal gender recognition can be obtained. There is also a minimal two-year period between the commission's diagnostics and legal…
Cisheteronormative violence: key manifestations and how to counter them Analytical materials 30.11.2023 Cisheteronormative Violence: Key Manifestations and How to Counter Them …room to play a role corresponding to the gender that matches the sex assigned at birth (for example, without legal gender recognition). The social environment Everyone has not only a circle of close people but is also embedded in society at…
Analytical materials 07.02.2024 LGBT+ People of Ukraine During the Full-Scale War. 2023: The Overall Situation and the Dynamics of Change …of simplifying the procedure of transition. Remove requirements from it, because of which obtaining legal gender recognition may take too long. For now, the procedure of the transition approved in 2016 remains in force in Ukraine.…
SOGI myths Blog 13.05.2025 SOGI myths …technologies and adoption. Or it can happen indirectly — through the requirement of sterilization prior to legal gender recognition (a change of documents) for transgender people, and through the non-recognition of same-sex relationships,…
Analytical materials 13.10.2022 Analytical note. The Situation of LGBT+ People in Ukraine during the War …of transition – from its shortcomings, which make the fulfillment of such a transition and obtaining legal gender recognition excessively difficult and even inaccessible in some cases. Social factors, in the case of sexual orientation…
What rights do LGBTQI+ people still lack? Analytical materials 11.05.2025 What Rights Do LGBTIQ+ People Still Lack? …At the same time, unlike trans people, who at least have an imperfect procedure for medical transition and legal gender recognition in Ukraine, intersex people have no analogous procedure at all today. They are left either to fit themselves…
stereotypes lgbt Analytical materials 03.11.2021 Myths and Facts About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity …technologies and adoption. Or it may work indirectly — through the sterilization prerequisite for legal gender recognition (changing documents) for transgender people, and through the non-recognition of same-sex relationships, as a…
Special 16.11.2020 Unexpected stories …technologies and adoption. Or it can work indirectly — through the sterilization requirement for legal gender recognition (changing documents) for transgender people, and through the non-recognition of same-sex relationships, as a…
Gender-based violence in the relationships of LGBTQI+ people: an overview of the problem and ways to address it Analytical materials 22.08.2023 Gender-based violence in the relationships of LGBTQI+ people: an overview of the problem and ways to address it …appearance she may be denied recognition as a woman and accused of deception. It should be noted here that legal gender recognition procedures are far from quick and accessible everywhere, and even where they are, a trans person has the…
Campaigns 28.10.2021 Legal gender recognition Legal gender recognition We help transgender people with legal gender recognition: we provide legal consultations; we provide…
News 14.09.2022 Report. 6 months of the humanitarian hub’s work …people/families used shelters in Lviv and Chernivtsi 717 people received legal consultations, including on legal gender recognition, domestic violence, physical attacks and harassment, guardianship, inheritance, and more. 225 transgender…
Legal gender recognition in Europe Publications 06.11.2018 Legal Gender Recognition in Europe Legal Gender Recognition in Europe Read the file in pdf Read the file in pdf
Analytical materials 17.01.2014 An analysis of the “change (correction) of sex” procedure in Ukraine and international practice (2012) …people's rights in defining the limits of medical intervention” (O. Pokalchuk) The legislative framework for legal gender recognition (changing transgender people's official documents) in other countries: the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal,…
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