Current Version
| Region | Ukraine |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Mar 15, 1996 |
| End Date | Feb 3, 2011 |
| Description | the Ministry of Health of Ukraine issued Order No. 57, establishing the "Commission on Issues of Changing (Correcting) Sex." This regulation formalized the procedure but imposed extremely strict requirements: applicants were subjected to a mandatory 30-45 day confinement in a closed psychiatric inpatient facility for evaluation. To obtain the legal certificate necessary for changing documents, the applicant was strictly required to undergo irreversible sterilization and full surgical gender reassignment. This regime was reaffirmed by Order No. 60 in 2011, which maintained the mandatory Commission and surgical requirements, effectively barring legal recognition for those who did not undergo invasive medical interventions. |
| Sources | https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0239-11#Text https://www.arcenciel-international.be/world-facts/ukraine https://genderindetail.org.ua/season-topic/dosvidy-viyny/transgender-people-in-ukraine-during-the-full-scale-war-1342020.html https://sud.ua/ru/news/obshchestvo/17746-v-ykraine-s-18-ti-let-razreshat-menyat-pol |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Dec 1, 1991 | Mar 15, 1996 |
| Description | Until 2011, the independent Ukrainian state did not provide for legal gender recognition. | the Ministry of Health of Ukraine issued Order No. 57, establishing the "Commission on Issues of Changing (Correcting) Sex." This regulation formalized the procedure but imposed extremely strict requirements: applicants were subjected to a mandatory 30-45 day confinement in a closed psychiatric inpatient facility for evaluation. To obtain the legal certificate necessary for changing documents, the applicant was strictly required to undergo irreversible sterilization and full surgical gender reassignment. This regime was reaffirmed by Order No. 60 in 2011, which maintained the mandatory Commission and surgical requirements, effectively barring legal recognition for those who did not undergo invasive medical interventions. |
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| Sources | https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0239-11#Text https://www.arcenciel-international.be/world-facts/ukraine | https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0239-11#Text https://www.arcenciel-international.be/world-facts/ukraine https://genderindetail.org.ua/season-topic/dosvidy-viyny/transgender-people-in-ukraine-during-the-full-scale-war-1342020.html https://sud.ua/ru/news/obshchestvo/17746-v-ykraine-s-18-ti-let-razreshat-menyat-pol |
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0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Dec 1, 1991 |
| End Date | Feb 3, 2011 |
| Description | Until 2011, the independent Ukrainian state did not provide for legal gender recognition. |
| Sources | https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0239-11#Text https://www.arcenciel-international.be/world-facts/ukraine |