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andadvice,receivingitshouldnotposeseriousproblems.Therearenumerous
medicalinstitutionsoferingprofessionalhelp.
Itmustbementioned,however,thatnotallproceduresareequallyaccessible
(eveninreturnformoney).Inparticular,thereexistsanimportantlegalandethical
problemconcerningadaptationsurgerieswhichareaimedatchanging(adapting)
theexternalsexorgansoftranspersons.Asitisdemonstratedinvariousstudies,
amajorityoftranssexualsfeeltobe4strangersintheirbodies’andtheyareready
totakevariousstepstoaddressthisproblem.Atleastapartofthetranssexual
populationexpressestheneedforafullsurgicaladaptation.36Still,itmustbe
rememberedthatthiskindofinterventionleadstoinfertility,whichresultis
irreversible.Consequently,itcanbeseenasanexampleofaseverebodilyinjury
inthemeaningofcriminalregulations.Incaseofsuchinjuriestheconsentof
theinjuredpersondoesnoteliminatethecriminalcharacteroftheact.Thus,an
adaptationsurgerymaybeseenasillegalevenifperformeduponaclearrequest
ofthepatient.Thatiswhy,forfearofcriminalprosecutions,doctorsoftendecline
toperformadaptationsurgeriesinPolandunlessajudgmentonthechangeof
sexhasbeenissued.37Thiscriminalcontextmayalsobeoneofthereasonswhy
judiciarydoesnotrequireasurgicalsexchangeinterventionasapreconditionfor
therecognitionofthe4real’psychologicalsex.38
8.Currentdiscussion
ThepresentsituationinPolandconcerningtherightsoftranssexualpersons
doesnotseemsatisfactory.Thechange-of-sexproceduresthatareappliedby
courtsarenotbasedonanyclearstatutoryregulations.Thejudicialactivism
attractscriticismsfrommanyangles.Firstly,constitutionalobjectionsareraised
withregardtotheroleofthecourts.Ithastobereiteratedthat,accordingtothe
PolishConstitutionof1997,caselawisnotavalidsourceoflegalrules.Secondly,
whatiscriticizedistheactualchoiceoflegaltoolswhich-afterprovisional
36Cf.therecentstudybyK.Kryszk,A.Kłonkowska,“Sytuacjaspołecznaosób
transpłciowych.Analizadanychzbadaniaankietowego[Socialsituationoftransgenderpersons.
Analysisofsurveydata],[in:]SytuacjaspołecznaosóbLGBT.Raportzalata2010/2011[Social
situationofLGBTpersons.2010/2011Report],Warszawa2012,p.236etseq.,https://www.kph.
org.pl/publikacje/Raport_badania_LGBT_do_netu.pdf(lastaccessedonAugust2,2017).
37Inlegaldoctrine,theprevailingviewseemstobethat,despitethesideefectofmakingthe
individualinfertile,theadaptationsurgeriesserveastrictlymedicalpurpose,connectedwiththewell-
beingofthetranspersoninquestion,andassuchtheymustbeseenaslegal,seeI.Knyziak,
“Legalnośćzabieguadaptacyjnego(zagadnieniaprawnokarneicywilnoprawne)”[Legalityofadaptation
surgeries(criminalandcivillawissues)],PaństwoiPrawo2016,No.9,p.54etseq.
38Seeremarksinsection5.5.2supra.