A.D. v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Communicated on 6 September 2018 FIFTH SECTIONApplications nos. 57864/17 and 79087/17A.D. against Georgiaand A.K. against Georgialodged on 1 August 2017 and 10 November 2017 respectivelySTATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicants are Georgian nationals. They are represented before the Court by Ms K. Bakhtadze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The facts of the cases, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.3.  The applicants identify themselves as female-to-male transgender people.4.  On 29 May 2014 and 22 January 2015 the Civil Registry, granting the applicants’ requests, assigned them new masculine surnames in all their official identity documents.5.  On 11 October 2014 and 15 April 2015 psychologists in Tbilisi issued medical certificates diagnosing the applicants with “gender identity disorder” or transgenderism.6.  On 9 December 2014 and 24 April 2015 the applicants r …