Current Version
| Region | Moldova |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 10, 1976 |
| End Date | Apr 25, 2001 |
| Description | the Council of Ministers of the USSR issued Resolution No. 1006, which established the "Basic Provisions Determining the Procedure for Changing, Restoring and Cancelling Civil Status Acts." Under Item 2, sub-item 't' of these provisions, the law explicitly allowed for the correction of personal data in civil registry records due to a change of sex. Although the initial intent of the text focused on intersex conditions, the pioneering work of medical commissions led by Professor Aron Belkin expanded this practice to include transgender individuals. Item 4 of this Resolution authorized Civil Registry (ZAGS) offices to process these changes based on a certificate from a medical institution, strictly conditioned on the applicant having undergone surgical correction to align their anatomy with the requested gender. This legal framework was further refined on August 30, 1991, when the USSR Ministry of Health approved the "Methodological Guidelines for the Change of Sex" (No. 10-91), which formally established the diagnostic criteria for transsexualism and medical transition. Despite the geopolitical shifts during Moldova's transition to independence, Civil Registry Offices continued to accept medical certificates issued under these guidelines as a valid basis for rectifying civil status records, provided the surgical reassignment process was completed. |
| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ https://www.globalequality.org/component/content/article/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/sotsialno-pravovye-i-meditsinskie-aspekty-transseksualizma-gendernogo-nesootvetstviya https://legalacts.ru/doc/postanovlenie-sovmina-sssr-ot-10121976-n-1006/ https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |
| Federal Law | Yes |
Revision History (5)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Dec 10, 1976 |
| Description | Until 2001, there was no legal gender recognition provided in Moldova. | the Council of Ministers of the USSR issued Resolution No. 1006, which established the "Basic Provisions Determining the Procedure for Changing, Restoring and Cancelling Civil Status Acts." Under Item 2, sub-item 't' of these provisions, the law explicitly allowed for the correction of personal data in civil registry records due to a change of sex. Although the initial intent of the text focused on intersex conditions, the pioneering work of medical commissions led by Professor Aron Belkin expanded this practice to include transgender individuals. Item 4 of this Resolution authorized Civil Registry (ZAGS) offices to process these changes based on a certificate from a medical institution, strictly conditioned on the applicant having undergone surgical correction to align their anatomy with the requested gender. This legal framework was further refined on August 30, 1991, when the USSR Ministry of Health approved the "Methodological Guidelines for the Change of Sex" (No. 10-91), which formally established the diagnostic criteria for transsexualism and medical transition. Despite the geopolitical shifts during Moldova's transition to independence, Civil Registry Offices continued to accept medical certificates issued under these guidelines as a valid basis for rectifying civil status records, provided the surgical reassignment process was completed. |
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| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ https://www.globalequality.org/component/content/article/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/sotsialno-pravovye-i-meditsinskie-aspekty-transseksualizma-gendernogo-nesootvetstviya https://legalacts.ru/doc/postanovlenie-sovmina-sssr-ot-10121976-n-1006/ https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the end date.
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| End Date | Apr 26, 2011 | Apr 25, 2001 |
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Planning to axe the 1972 entries.
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| End Date | Apr 5, 1972 | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Description | Moldova was a member of the Soviet Union in 1972 and before then legal gender recognition was not provided. | Until 2001, there was no legal gender recognition provided in Moldova. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Marking as federal law for Transnistria.
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
created by DaisyGeekyTrans
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| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Apr 5, 1972 |
| Description | Moldova was a member of the Soviet Union in 1972 and before then legal gender recognition was not provided. |
| Sources | https://bigpicture.ru/ya-peredumala-istoriya-pervoj-operacii-po-smene-pola/ |