How Russian authorities will now process trans people
New procedures in Russia approved: activists say it could be worse, leaves intersex people with few options On 19 January 2018, Russian authorities approved a controversial Decree, defining the procedure of legal gender recognition (LGR). The possibility to change one’s gender marker existed in Russian legislation since 1997. Federal law N143 “On the acts of civil status” (article 70) required “a document of the established form about the change of sex issued by a medical organization” to be submitted for the Registry to change the person’s civil status. However, the authorities failed to specify the “established form” of the document for 20 years. The Decree introduced by the Ministry of Health in October 2017 was intended to fill this legal gap. It should be noted that despite the lack of the “established form”, Russia had an established legal practice of changing gender marker for trans people, although this practice varied
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- 1Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community82%
- 3Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life78%
- 4Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life37%
- 5Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community22%
- 6Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community20%
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