Russia last year banned gender-transition medical procedures and its Supreme Court declared the LGBTQ+ “movement” to be extremist.In 2022, Putin signed a law prohibiting the distribution of ...

MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The Russian parliament on Wednesday gave its initial backing to legislation that would ban nationals from countries that allow people to change their gender from ...

Russia last year banned gender-transition medical procedures and its Supreme Court declared the LGBTQ+ "movement" to be extremist.

Among his initiatives, in July 2023 he signed into law a ban on gender-reassignment surgery and hormone therapy done as part of the gender-transition process.

Previously, Japan required trans people to get both a gender dysphoria diagnosis and gender-affirming surgery before being allowed to legally change their gender. Under the law, the Act on Special ...

Czech Republic’s top court rules that surgery is not required to officially change gender The Czech Republic’s highest court on Tuesday ruled to dismiss part of a law requiring people to ...