Azeri Transexuals Face Social Stigma
SexGenderBody.com
by Leyla Leysan in Baku (CRS, IWPR)
January 16, 2010
http://sexgenderbody.com/content/azeri-transexuals-face-social-stigmaShe turned to the internet for information on the procedure, since the Azeri health authorities offered no help. Without medical supervision or support she put herself through the necessary hormone therapy. A year later, the Funda medical centre completed the physical operation to remove her male sexual organs.
But that was not the end of her troubles. Azerbaijan has inherited the bureaucracy-heavy system of the Soviet Union, and she must gain a new passport in her new name to have access to any state services. There is no legal regulation of gender reassignment surgery or transsexuals, so this is proving difficult, not least because doctors refuse to conduct any tests on her.
