![]() ![]() “Many young people have approached private clinics to sign off on change of gender to avoid the draft because of the special military operation in Ukraine,” the MP said. Avoiding being sent to UkraineĪn unnamed member of parliament told Kommersant on Wednesday that the bill had been spurred by “recurrent incidents” of men seeking to change their gender to avoid being drafted and sent to fight in Ukraine. More than 2,700 people changed their gender in Russia in “recent times”, he added. “Those citizens will now be able to enter marriage and, God forbid, adopt a child.” “A person can wake up one morning and decide he’s no longer a man but a woman,” he said.Īccording to Mr Volodin, a quick visit to a private clinic and a full examination to the tune of 60,000 rubles (£600) would be enough for a person to go to their local registry office and apply for a change of gender. ![]() One of their most enthusiastic backers is Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who said at a recent parliamentary session that he found it alarming how easy it was to change a gender marker in Russia. The amendments were expected to be voted on as early as next week, Russian newspaper Kommersant said. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, started promoting a conservative agenda during his third term of office as a response to nationwide protests, which were mostly driven by liberal urban dwellers. “This will allow us to rule out the possibility of changing a person’s gender purely by changing the documents,” Konstantin Chuychenko said in an interview with the Tass news agency. ![]() Russia’s parliament is expected to crack down on gender reassignment in an apparent attempt to discourage young men from registering as women to avoid the draft.ĭespite the Kremlin’s aggressive stance against the LGBT and transgender community, Russia still has fairly liberal legislation that allows change of a gender marker following a psychiatric examination and does not require sex reassignment surgery.Ī clampdown was brought up by Russia’s influential justice minister last month, who said it would “take a step towards enshrining family values in the Russian law”. ![]()
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