No problems

This post made me curious, and I found this handy map of where you can/can't legally change your gender identity:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Brazil#mediaviewer/File:World_concerning_gender_identity-expression_laws.png

I'm sure there are a lot of hoops and issues in a lot of countries/states even where it is legal, but at least the places where it's outright illegal are few in number.

Also, does anyone have experience with India?  I'm curious about them with their history of the hijra and the recent Supreme Court ruling of establishing a third gender.

Quote from: PinkCloud on November 22, 2014, 12:50:42 PM
Doesn't that seem to be in accordance with the Standards of Care? I had to wait 2 years before I got hormones. It is not like they give it to you when you simply ask, therapy and RLE is a requirement if they follow the Standards of Care, (at least the last time I looked) but with these requirements comes a diagnosis, and with a diagnosis all healthcare concerned must be paid by medical/national insurance.

The newest Standards of Care suggest "informed consent" for hormones.  If age 18 or older and you have the ability to understand and comprehend the effects of hormones (and therefore can "give consent"), then yes, the doctor should just "give it to you when you simply ask".

Top surgery requires a letter saying you have gender dysphoria and surgery could be helpful.

Bottom for MTFs and FTMs requires one year real life experience and two letters.

Quote from: PinkCloud on November 22, 2014, 07:04:03 AM
In Eastern Europe, I think things will be more difficult the closer you get to Russia.

But if you get In Russia – everything is all right here, you'll see  . We have no clear law on the TS, but this is not a problem to change gender. In the time of my transition it was the best:  we had a lot of different ways, in what order to take hormones-psychiatrist-surgery- doc. change. And I feel protected here, because people don't know anything about TS, so no one realizes I have a strange background.
Who get knew about me (e.g., employer) - watched me respectfully as a representative of another civilization and did not do harm to me. One more cultural feature: if you can work good, the employer doesn't care about your biography - they only ask your new name.  This has happened more than once with our guys and girls.

And it is unclear what will happen after the acceptance of the new ICD.
And as for the East Europe – there is very good surgery in Serbia.