Medical and legal process for change the gender

How to change gender

About change the Gender

Out of a population of 10000 people in India, 400 to 500 people change the gender. A person changes his gender when he does not feel the same as the gender assigned to him at birth. Many people do not share this with anyone due to fear of their family and society. But many people change their gender. To change their gender, a person goes through a medical and legal process. This blog explains the gender change process.

What is the gender change process?

Gender change is a complex process. Because this process involves two aspects. In which both medical and legal processes are necessary. It is usually done by those people. Those people who are not able to feel themselves the way they feel according to the gender assigned to them at birth. Due to which their feelings change with increasing age. That person does not feel the same feelings based on the gender assigned to him at birth and neither does that person’s body depend on the way he feels. Due to which, with the help of some medical procedures, they make their body parts according to their choice. Due to which they change their gender physically. And through the legal process, they get their gender changed in all their documents. Due to which they also change their gender legally. Then their gender changed legally and physically. You can read about legal and medical procedures in this blog.

Medical procedure for gender change

To change gender physically, the help of hormone therapy and surgery is taken. Due to which a person also changes his body according to his feelings.

  • Hormone therapy: Changes are made in the body of a person with this hormone therapy. Whatever changes a person wants in his body, they are done with the help of those hormones. Like – development of breasts, growth of hair on the face or taking hormones to change the fat in the body.
  • Surgery: Through surgery, changes are made in the external body and organs of a person according to his feelings. Due to this change, the person’s body also starts looking like his feelings.

Legal process for gender change

To change gender legally, it is necessary to change gender in all your documents. For this, you have to publish gender change in gazette notification. By which a person can change gender in all his documents according to his choice.

  • Gazette Notification: This is a publication issued by the Government of India. Important notifications are published in it. By publishing a gender change in it, your gender change process becomes officially valid. Gazette Notification is a legal document. Which is the legal proof of your gender change. After gender change in the gazette notification, you can change gender in all your identity id, legal documents and other documents as well. After this, the person’s gender also changes legally.

Conclusion

Changing gender can be anyone’s personal choice. But it is important to remember that after changing gender, you will have to change your gender legally as well. Legally changing your gender changes your gender in all your identity cards and official documents. If you do not change your gender legally, you will face a lot of problems in the future.

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FAQ

Yes, gender change is legal in India. The process involves filing an affidavit, publishing in the newspaper and applying for gender change notification in the gazette notification and updating all the documents

Yes, it is possible to change gender from female to male through medical procedures known as gender-affirming or masculinizing surgery. These procedures may include top surgery (mastectomy), hormone therapy, and genital surgery (such as phalloplasty or metoidioplasty).

Yes, you can change the gender on your Aadhaar card. You can do so by visiting an Aadhaar enrolment centre and filling out the Aadhaar data update/correction form. You will need to provide proof of your gender identity, such as a medical certificate or the Gazette of India.

To change your gender in official documents, you will have to show official documents like medical certificate and gazette notification regarding your gender change. And then based on these official documents, your gender will be changed in other documents.

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