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\r\nTransgender people were not required to undergo sex reassignment surgery, sterilisation or divorce their partner. Appointment with medical expert committee required.","value_formatted":"Legal, surgery not required","end_date_formatted":"May 7, 1999","start_date_formatted":"Apr 24, 1997"},{"id":"21","value":"Legal, surgery not required","description":"The first transgender person to change their legal gender in independent Estonia did so on 6 April 1992. This followed a decision by a medical expert committee convened to assess her case.
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\r\nHer birth certificate was corrected on this date, this was viewed as a pre-requisite to any surgery, which would have otherwise been considered mutilation under the law. While gender-affirming surgery was later carried out, it was not a pre-requisite for legal gender recognition.
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\r\nThe state of affairs was not regulated by law, but others were known to have been given authorization by the same medical expert committee to change their legal data.
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\r\nThis was ended in around 1994, since the Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of the Interior could not agree on whether surgery should be a pre-requisite for legal gender recognition. During that time, legal gender recognition was not possible.
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\r\nThis stand-off eventually resulted in the 1997 decree not requiring surgery for legal gender recognition, in exchange for the relevant minister signing off on every transgender person requesting such recognition.","value_formatted":"Legal, surgery not required","end_date_formatted":"Apr 24, 1997","start_date_formatted":"Apr 6, 1992"}],"description":"Legal recognition of sex reassignment by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.","label_short":"Changing Gender","current_status":{"id":"21","value":"Legal, surgery not required","description":"The current law concerning legal gender recognition dates from 7 May 1999, the Common Requirements for Medical Operations for Gender Reassignment.
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\r\nThe proposed law will put an end to the decade-old rules that require Germans to get expert assessments and a court's authorization. Under the new rules, adults would be able to change their names and legal gender at the registry offices without any other formalities.
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\r\nGermany's governing coalition had promised to abolish the \"transsexual law\" when it came to power in December 2021. ","value_formatted":"Legal, surgery not required","end_date_formatted":"2023"}],"description":"Legal recognition of sex reassignment by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.","label_short":"Changing Gender","current_status":{"id":"62","value":"Legal, but requires medical diagnosis","description":"Following the amendment of the Act on the Amendment of Names and Sex Determination in Special Cases, known as the Law on Transsexuality (1981) by Judgment No. 1 BvR 3295\/07 (2011) of the Federal Constitutional Court, the criteria for changing the name or both the name and the gender marker were unified. Currently, the law requires applicants to (i) prove that \"due to their transsexual status, they do not feel comfortable with their sex registered at birth\", (ii) they have lived for at least three years \"in accordance with the gender they identify with\" and (iii) that their \"situation of transexuality is foreseeably stable\". This procedure is carried out before a municipal judge, which has to verify that these requirements are met by subjecting the applicant to an examination carried out by two expert witnesses \"specialised in transsexualism\". (ILGA)
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\r\nIn 2017, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSJ<\/i>) commissioned the Humboldt University in Berlin to prepare an expert opinion on the \"need for regulation and reform for transgender people\".
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\r\nProviding, arranging or advertising conversion therapy is punishable by a fine up to €30,000.
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\r\nGermany is introducing a law (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz<\/i>) that will allow transgender and non-binary people to change their legal first names and gender identity once a year through self-identification.
\r\nIf the legislation passes, transgender and non-binary people in Germany will no longer require psychological evaluations to legally change their name and gender.
\r\nIn this newly presented Self-Determination Act<\/b>, from the age of 14, minors may make the declaration themselves with the consent of their guardians. In order to protect the personal rights of young people, the family court can replace the parents' decision at the request of the minor in cases where the custodians do not consent, based on the best interests of the child.
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\r\n At the same time, the provision prohibits professionals from inviting, promoting or advertising conversion practices performed by themselves or other third parties, professionals or not.
\r\n Violation of the law in addition to the prescribed disciplinary and administrative sanctions, will be punished with imprisonment and a fine, while the repeated commission of the above act constitutes an aggravating circumstance.","value_formatted":"Ambiguous","end_date_formatted":"May 11, 2022","start_date_formatted":"May 10, 2022"},{"id":"49","value":"Not banned","description":"Proposed criminalization. Conversion therapy ban country wide pending. Condemned by European Psychiatrists.","value_formatted":"Not banned","end_date_formatted":"Jan 1, 2022"},{"id":"49","value":"Not banned","description":"Conversion Therapies for LGBT people are held openly in Greece with the tolerance of the state as well as the responsible associations of mental health specialists. Research on this issue indicates that such therapies involve spiritual or religious leaders, alternative healers (homeopaths, energy therapists, etc.) as well as health and mental health professionals.
\r\n Today, while some psychologists continue to use therapies such as disgust, the most commonly used techniques include a variety of behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, and other practices that seek to change or reduce a person's same-sex attraction or gender identity. Lesser known but still active practices are beatings, sexual violence - even rape -, isolation, deprivation of food, electroshock, administration of drugs and other drugs, psychological violence, as well as exorcisms or other sessions.
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\r\n
\r\nAll able-bodied male citizens from ages 20–27, must serve either 18 months in the navy or one year in all other services. After serving out the term of service Ukraine's conscripts become part of the inactive reserve and are eligible to be recalled for mobilization until they reach age 55 or age 60 for officers.
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\r\nOnly 23 countries allow Trans Military service, Ukraine is not one of them ","value_formatted":"Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned","start_date_formatted":"Dec 17, 2021"}},"censorship":{"id":"15","label":"Censorship of LGBT Issues","description":"Censorship or prohibition of discussing, promoting, or teaching LGBTQ+ topics in media, schools, and in the general public.","label_short":"Censorship","current_status":{"id":"56","value":"No censorship","description":"In Ukraine, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.","value_formatted":"No censorship"}},"homosexuality":{"id":"1","label":"Homosexual activity","description":"Consensual sexual activity between individuals of the same sex.","label_short":"Homosexuality","current_status":{"id":"1","value":"Legal","description":"Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Ukraine since 1991.","value_formatted":"Legal","start_date_formatted":"Dec 12, 1991"}},"age-of-consent":{"id":"11","label":"Equal age of consent","description":"The difference between legal age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex.","label_short":"Age of Consent","current_status":{"id":"27","value":"Equal","description":"Age of consent is equal at 16 years old.","value_formatted":"Equal","start_date_formatted":"Sep 1, 2001"}},"discrimination":{"id":"6","label":"LGBT discrimination","history":[{"id":"20","value":"No protections","description":"No protections afforded","value_formatted":"No protections","end_date_formatted":"Nov 12, 2015","start_date_formatted":"Jun 28, 1996"}],"description":"Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and\/or gender identity.","label_short":"Discrimination","current_status":{"id":"32","value":"Illegal in some contexts","description":"LGBT discrimination is prohibited at the employment level","value_formatted":"Illegal in some contexts","start_date_formatted":"Nov 12, 2015"}},"changing-gender":{"id":"7","label":"Right to change legal gender","description":"Legal recognition of sex reassignment by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.","label_short":"Changing Gender","current_status":{"id":"21","value":"Legal, surgery not required","description":"Individuals are able to change their gender in Ukraine, however, there is a a requirement that they must be over 25 years old. 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\r\nUnder the Act, same-sex couples can register a civil partnership, which has almost the same legal effects, rights and obligations as marriage does for mixed-sex couples. For that reason, civil partnership is sometimes called ‘gay marriage’. However, legally, it is not marriage, but is a separate, segregated system","value_formatted":"Civil unions","end_date_formatted":"2012","start_date_formatted":"2004"}],"description":"Marriage and marriage recognition between two people of the same biological sex and\/or gender identity.","label_short":"Gay Marriage","current_status":{"id":"8","value":"Legal","description":"Marriage equality in Northern Ireland was brought into line with the rest of the UK via the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019.","value_formatted":"Legal","start_date_formatted":"2019"}},"military":{"id":"5","label":"Serving openly in military","history":[{"id":"18","value":"Illegal","description":"The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 explicitly made serving in the military as an openly gay\/bi man illegal. Prior to this act, it was illegal for a man to have sex with another man entirely, and therefore, it was also illegal.","value_formatted":"Illegal","end_date_formatted":"Jan 11, 2000","start_date_formatted":"1967"},{"id":"18","value":"Illegal","description":"Same-sex sexual activity was illegal for men, and therefore, these individuals were not permitted in the military.","value_formatted":"Illegal","end_date_formatted":"1967"}],"description":"The ability for homosexuals to serve in the military and be open about their sexuality.","label_short":"Military","current_status":{"id":"16","value":"Legal","description":"The Ministry of Defence were forced to change their stance on when the European Court of Human Rights ruled in September 1999 that the then current ban on gays in the military was unlawful.","value_formatted":"Legal","start_date_formatted":"Jan 12, 2000"}},"censorship":{"id":"15","label":"Censorship of LGBT Issues","history":[{"id":"55","value":"Other punishment","description":"Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 stated that local authorities could not \"intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality\" or \"promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship\". The law did not create a criminal offence, leaving staff to fear losing their jobs if they breached the rules. ","value_formatted":"Other punishment","end_date_formatted":"Nov 17, 2003","start_date_formatted":"Mar 24, 1988"}],"description":"Censorship or prohibition of discussing, promoting, or teaching LGBTQ+ topics in media, schools, and in the general public.","label_short":"Censorship","current_status":{"id":"56","value":"No censorship","description":"Previous law repealed by section 122 of the Local Government Act 2003.","value_formatted":"No censorship","start_date_formatted":"Nov 18, 2003"}},"homosexuality":{"id":"1","label":"Homosexual activity","history":[{"id":"1","value":"Legal","description":"**LEGAL, WITH RESTRICTIONS**
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\r\n*Sex between more than two men remained illegal until later.","value_formatted":"Unequal","end_date_formatted":"1994","start_date_formatted":"1967"},{"id":"28","value":"Unequal","description":"Sexual activities between two or more men were illegal prior to 1967, and therefore, the age of consent was irrelevant; it was all illegal.","value_formatted":"Unequal","end_date_formatted":"1967"}],"description":"The difference between legal age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex.","label_short":"Age of Consent","current_status":{"id":"27","value":"Equal","description":"On November 30, 2000 a bill was signed to make the ages of consent equitable, regardless of gender. The law came into effect on August 1, 2001. The age of consent for men who have sex with men was reduced from 18 to 16, on par with different sex individuals.","value_formatted":"Equal","start_date_formatted":"Aug 1, 2001"}},"discrimination":{"id":"6","label":"LGBT discrimination","description":"Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and\/or gender identity.","label_short":"Discrimination","current_status":{"id":null,"value":"varies","description":"Discrimination in the United Kingdom is illegal. ","value_formatted":"Varies by Region","start_date_formatted":"Oct 1, 2010"}},"changing-gender":{"id":"7","label":"Right to change legal gender","description":"Legal recognition of sex reassignment by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.","label_short":"Changing Gender","current_status":{"id":"62","value":"Legal, but requires medical diagnosis","description":"Legal gender recognition is possible in all four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) as per the Gender Recognition Act (2004, in effect 2005). Section 1 of the law states that \"any person of either gender\" who is aged at least 18 can make an application for \"a gender recognition certificate\" on the basis of— (a) living in the other gender, or (b) having changed gender under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. These certificates are issued by a Gender Recognition Panel.
\r\nThe law includes the following requirements for obtaining such certificate: (1) a \"gender dysphoria\" diagnosis, proved through two reports (one by a registered medical practitioner or psychologist specialised in gender dysphoria, and another one made by a registered medical practitioner); (2) having lived in the “acquired gender” for two years before filing the application, proved through different means (such as a statutory declaration or documents where their gender identity is stated -i.e. pay slips, benefit documentation, bank statements, utility bills); (3) a statutory declaration showing intention \"to continue to live in the acquired gender until death\"; (4) spousal consent, if the applicant is married or in a civil partnership (partner must consent to the marriage or partnership continuing after the issue of the full gender recognition certificate).","value_formatted":"Legal, but requires medical diagnosis","start_date_formatted":"Apr 4, 2005"}},"conversion-therapy":{"id":"14","label":"Conversion therapy","description":"Legal status of conducting sexual orientation changing therapy (\"ex-gay\" therapy)","label_short":"Conversion Therapy","current_status":{"id":"49","value":"Not banned","description":"According to ILGA, laws in force in United Kingdom do not regulate or restrict sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression change efforts (SOGIECE), regularly known as “conversion therapies”.
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\r\nConversion therapy ban has been discussed for many years. Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ban conversion therapy in July 2020 and this was reiterated in the 2021 Queen's Speech. In March 2022, the plans were dropped, only for a partial U-turn just hours later when the government announced that the ban would go ahead but not cover trans people.
\r\n
\r\nOn January 17 2023, the government announced they'd pass a new law to include transgender people in the conversion therapy ban.
\r\n
\r\nSince 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has failed to comment on actually banning practices of Conversion therapy. He is known to be Anti-LGBTQ, and preaches \"Save the kids\" ","value_formatted":"Not banned"}},"housing-discrimination":{"id":"13","label":"LGBT housing discrimination","description":"Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and\/or gender identity when applying for housing or discrimination by landlords \/ property owners.","label_short":"Housing Discrimination","current_status":{"id":"45","value":"Sexual orientation and gender identity","description":"For Local Authorities they would be bound by Equality Act 2010 and have a duty under Public Sector Equality Duty. For private landlords would be bound by Equality Act 2010","value_formatted":"Sexual orientation and gender identity","start_date_formatted":"Oct 1, 2010"}},"employment-discrimination":{"id":"12","label":"LGBT employment discrimination","description":"Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and\/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.","label_short":"Employment Discrimination","current_status":{"id":"42","value":"Sexual orientation and gender identity","description":"Employment discrimination protections in the UK stem from several peices of legislation, which were combined into the wide-ranging Equality Act 2010. There are, however, exemptions for certain occupations (such as religious organisations).","value_formatted":"Sexual orientation and gender identity","start_date_formatted":"Oct 1, 2010"}},"non-binary-gender-recognition":{"id":"16","label":"Legal recognition of non-binary gender","description":"Legal recognition of non-binary, genderqueer, or third gender identities.","label_short":"Non-binary gender recognition","current_status":{"id":"58","value":"Not legally recognized","description":"In 2021 the UK government said (in response to a petition) that legal recognition of non-binary gender identity would have \"complex practical consequences for other areas of the law, service provision and public life\", and said that they felt existing legislation allowing people to change their legal gender went far enough. Courts have, however, ruled that people with non-binary identities are protected from discrimination by the Equality Act. On 4 October 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asserted his stance on gender identity in a speech Wednesday, stating it was “common sense” that “a man is a man and a woman is a woman”. ","value_formatted":"Not legally recognized","start_date_formatted":"Feb 10, 2004"}}},"content":null,"content_array":[{"title":"Say hello to the UK","content":"
\r\nNorthern Ireland is due to follow suit with these changes in September 2021.","value_formatted":"Legal","start_date_formatted":"Jun 14, 2021"}},"adoption":{"id":"4","label":"Same-sex adoption","description":"The ability for same-sex couples to legally adopt a child.","label_short":"Adoption","current_status":{"id":"3","value":"Legal","description":"IVF treatment is available for lesbian couples too.","value_formatted":"Legal","start_date_formatted":"Nov 7, 2002"}},"marriage":{"id":"3","label":"Same-sex marriage","history":[{"id":null,"value":"varies","description":"Came into force as of March 29th, 2014 . Same-sex marriage is still unrecognized fully in some parts of the UK (such as Northern Ireland).","value_formatted":"Varies by Region","end_date_formatted":"Dec 31, 2018","start_date_formatted":"2013"},{"id":"8","value":"Legal","description":"The legislation allowed religious organisations to opt in to marry same-sex couples should they wish to do so and protected religious organisations and their representatives from successful legal challenge if they did not wish to marry same-sex couples.","value_formatted":"Legal","end_date_formatted":"2013","start_date_formatted":"2012"},{"id":"33","value":"Civil unions","description":"The Civil Partnership Act (2004).
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