US EditionCzechs Drop Surgery Requirement for Gender Change
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The Straits Times
Czechs drop surgery requirement for gender change
PRAGUE - Czech transgender people will no longer be required to undergo a surgery but will need to be diagnosed as transsexual by specialist doctors and complete observation lasting usually six to 12 months to complete their transition, according to the Health Ministry's new guidelines. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Ministry of Health has imposed an age limit of 21 for trans people's hormone medications
In the letter sent by the Ministry to the governorates, it instructed that hormone medications must not be prescribed under any circumstances to individuals under the age of 21 for the purpose of “changing gender.” The justification given was the Year of the Family.
As of July 1, new rules for gender reassignment in official registers will come into effect in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Health has announced that surgery or hormone therapy will no longer be necessary, and that the opinion of a sexologist will play a key role in the process. This is a response to the decision of the Constitutional Court, which found the previous regulations to be incompatible with human dignity.
As of July 1, surgery or hormone therapy will not be necessary for official gender change in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Health published new rules of conduct for doctors on Thursday. The sexologist's opinion on transsexuality will be decisive. As of July, surgery or hormone therapy will not be a condition for changing gender in Czech offices. The regulation of the Ministry of Health is a response to last year's court ruling. The article…
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