Current Version
| Region | Kyrgyzstan |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Nov 7, 2020 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | With the entry into force of the new Law on Civil Status Acts (Law No. 110), direct provisions instructing registry offices regarding administrative gender change were removed from the text of the law. However, the new legislation did not introduce any explicit prohibition on modifying birth records for this reason. Under the fundamental legal principle that "what is not prohibited by law is permitted," legal gender change remains permissible, though the process shifted from a purely administrative track to a judicial one. Due to the lack of dedicated administrative regulations, applicants can pursue legal gender correction by filing a civil lawsuit to establish a fact of legal significance. Based on a final and binding court judgment, civil registry offices remain legally obligated to update the gender marker and issue new identity documents, which de facto maintains the legality of this procedure within the Kyrgyz legal system. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/kyrgyzstan-lgbti https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2020/en/124348 |
Revision History (7)
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2020 | Nov 7, 2020 |
| Description | Until 01 August 2020, trans people in Kyrgyzstan had access to legal gender recognition according to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status". On 17 June 2020, the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic adopted amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status" . The new version of the law came into effect on August 1, 2020, and starting from this date, trans people in Kyrgyzstan have no access to legal gender recognition. | With the entry into force of the new Law on Civil Status Acts (Law No. 110), direct provisions instructing registry offices regarding administrative gender change were removed from the text of the law. However, the new legislation did not introduce any explicit prohibition on modifying birth records for this reason. Under the fundamental legal principle that "what is not prohibited by law is permitted," legal gender change remains permissible, though the process shifted from a purely administrative track to a judicial one. Due to the lack of dedicated administrative regulations, applicants can pursue legal gender correction by filing a civil lawsuit to establish a fact of legal significance. Based on a final and binding court judgment, civil registry offices remain legally obligated to update the gender marker and issue new identity documents, which de facto maintains the legality of this procedure within the Kyrgyz legal system. |
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| Description | Until 01 August 2020, trans people in Kyrgyzstan had access to legal gender recognition (hereinafter - LGR) according to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status" On 17 June 2020, the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic adopted amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status" . The new version of the law came into effect on August 1, 2020, and starting from this date, trans people in Kyrgyzstan have no access to legal gender recognition. | Until 01 August 2020, trans people in Kyrgyzstan had access to legal gender recognition according to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status". On 17 June 2020, the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic adopted amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status" . The new version of the law came into effect on August 1, 2020, and starting from this date, trans people in Kyrgyzstan have no access to legal gender recognition. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. | Until 01 August 2020, trans people in Kyrgyzstan had access to legal gender recognition (hereinafter - LGR) according to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status" On 17 June 2020, the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic adopted amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On acts of civil status" . The new version of the law came into effect on August 1, 2020, and starting from this date, trans people in Kyrgyzstan have no access to legal gender recognition. |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/kyrgyzstan-lgbti | https://database.ilga.org/kyrgyzstan-lgbti https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2020/en/124348 |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | The State Registration Service indicates that the surgeries necessary to change one's legal gender would only be allowed for medical reasons, which makes it unclear if trans people would be able to change their marker. | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. |
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edited by Notdog1996. Ambiguous at best
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, but requires surgery | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jan 2014 | Aug 1, 2020 |
| Description | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. | The State Registration Service indicates that the surgeries necessary to change one's legal gender would only be allowed for medical reasons, which makes it unclear if trans people would be able to change their marker. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2020 | Jan 2014 |
| Description | The State Registration Service indicates that the surgeries necessary to change one's legal gender would only be allowed for medical reasons, which makes it unclear if trans people would be able to change their marker. | Transgender people are allowed to redefine their gender legally in Kyrgyzstan, but require undergoing sex reassignment surgery. The first such surgery was performed in Bishkek in January 2014. |
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created by Notdog1996
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2020 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The State Registration Service indicates that the surgeries necessary to change one's legal gender would only be allowed for medical reasons, which makes it unclear if trans people would be able to change their marker. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/kyrgyzstan-lgbti |