SEX REASSIGNMENT'S LEGAL PROCEDURES OF PEOPLE WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA CİNSİYET HOŞNUTSUZLUǦU OLAN BİREYLERİN CİNSİYET DEǦİŞTİRME SÜRECİNİN HUKUKİ BOYUTU


TOPRAK S., Avgören Kapoǧlu A., Tüzün B.

Istanbul Tip Fakultesi Dergisi, vol.84, no.1, 2021 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 84 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.26650/iuitfd.2021.0207
  • Journal Name: Istanbul Tip Fakultesi Dergisi
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Keywords: Gender dysphoria, gender reassignment procedures, informed consent
  • İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Gender Dysphoria is a condition that is characterized by incongruence between the experienced gender and the natal sex. They want to live and be accepted as a member of the other sex. Gender transitioning is the name given to the medical intervention that transforms a woman into a man or a man into a woman. Legal regulation regarding gender transitioning in our country is given in the 40tharticle of the Turkish Civil Code numbered 4721. The person who wants to change his or her gender must be evaluated by the "Sexual Identity Council" in training and research hospitals or university hospitals. Medically detailed informed consent is important as gender transitioning procedures have largely irreversible consequences.