Legal status of gender-affirming healthcare

The legal status of gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone therapy varies by jurisdiction, often interacting with other facets of the legal status of transgender people. Key considerations include whether people are allowed to get such surgeries, at what ages they are allowed to if so, and whether surgeries are required in order for a gender transition to be legally recognized. As of 2007^[update], the countries that perform the greatest number of gender-affirming surgeries are Thailand and Iran.^[1]