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The legal status of transgender people varies greatly around the world. Some countries have enacted laws protecting the rights of transgender individuals, but others have criminalized their gender identity or expression. In many cases, transgender individuals face discrimination in employment, housing, healthcare, and other areas of life.

A transgender person is someone whose gender identity is inconsistent or not culturally associated with the sex they were assigned at birth and also with the gender role that is associated with that sex. They may have, or may intend to establish, a new gender status that accords with their gender identity. Transsexual is generally considered a subset of transgender,[1][2][3] but some transsexual people reject being labelled transgender.[4][5][6][7]

Globally, most legal jurisdictions recognize the two traditional gender identities and social roles, man and woman, but tend to exclude any other gender identities and expressions. People assigned male at birth are usually legally recognized as men, and people assigned female at birth are usually legally recognized as women, in jurisdictions that distinguish between the two. However, there are some countries which recognize, by law, a third gender. That third gender is often associated with being nonbinary. There is now a greater understanding of the breadth of variation outside the typical categories of "man" and "woman", and many self-descriptions are now entering the literature, including pangender, genderqueer, polygender, and agender. Medically and socially, the term "transsexualism" is being replaced with gender incongruence[8] or gender dysphoria,[9] and terms such as transgender people, trans men, and trans women, and non-binary are replacing the category of transsexual people.

Many of the issues regarding transgender rights are generally considered a part of family law, especially the issues of marriage and the question of a transgender person benefiting from a partner's insurance or social security.

The degree of legal recognition provided to transgender people varies widely throughout the world. Many countries now legally recognize sex reassignments by permitting a change of legal gender on an individual's birth certificate.[10] Many transsexual people have permanent surgery to change their body, gender-affirming surgery or semi-permanently change their body by hormonal means, transgender hormone therapy. The legal status of such healthcare varies. In many countries, some of these modifications are required for legal recognition. In a few, the legal aspects are directly tied to health care; i.e. the same bodies or doctors decide whether a person can move forward in their treatment and the subsequent processes automatically incorporate both matters. In others, these medical procedures are illegal.

In some jurisdictions, transgender people (who are considered non-transsexual) can benefit from the legal recognition given to transsexual people. In some countries, an explicit medical diagnosis of "transsexualism" is (at least formally) necessary. In others, a diagnosis of "gender dysphoria", or simply the fact that one has established a non-conforming gender role, can be sufficient for some or all of the legal recognition available. The DSM-5 recognizes gender dysphoria as an official diagnosis. Not all transgender or transsexual people feel gender dysphoria or gender incongruence, but in many countries a diagnosis is required for legal recognition, if transgender people are legally recognized at all.

Legislative efforts to recognise gender identity[edit]

National level[edit]

Country Date Gender identity/expression legislation Upper house Lower house Head of state Final
outcome
Yes No Yes No
Germany Germany 1980 Gesetz über die Änderung der Vornamen und die Feststellung der Geschlechtszugehörigkeit in besonderen Fällen[11] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Japan Japan July 2003 Act on Special Cases in Handling Gender for People with Gender Identity Disorder[12] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
South Africa South Africa 15 March 2004 Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act, 2003[13] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
United Kingdom United Kingdom July 2004 Gender Recognition Act[14] 155[15] 57 357[16] 48 Signed Yes Yes
Spain Spain March 2007 Gender identity law[17] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Uruguay Uruguay November 2009 Gender identity law[18] 20 0 51 2 Signed Yes Yes
Argentina Argentina May 2012 Gender identity law[19] 55 0 167 17 Signed Yes Yes
India India January 2014 The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016[20][21][22] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Denmark Denmark September 2014 Gender Recognition law[23] N/A Passed Signed Yes Yes
Malta Malta April 2015 Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act[24] N/A Passed Signed Yes Yes
Colombia Colombia June 2015 Gender recognition law (Order 1227)[25][26][27] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Republic of Ireland Ireland July 2015 Gender Recognition Act[28] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Poland Poland September 2015 Gender identity law[29] Passed 252 158 Vetoed No No
Vietnam Vietnam November 2015 Transgender Rights Law[30][31] N/A Passed Signed Yes Yes
Ecuador Ecuador February 2016 Civil Registration Act (gender identity recognition on legal documents)[32][33] N/A 82 1 Signed Yes Yes
Bolivia Bolivia May 2016 Gender identity law[34][35][36] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Norway Norway June 2016 Gender identity law[37][38][39][40] N/A 79 13 Signed Yes Yes
France France November 2016 Gender identity law (abolishing sterilization)[41][42][43] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Canada Canada June 2017 An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (Bill C-16)[44] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Belgium Belgium July 2017 Gender identity law (abolishing sterilization)[45][46] N/A Passed Signed Yes Yes
Greece Greece December 2017 Gender identity law (abolishing sterilization)[47][48] N/A 171 114 Signed Yes Yes
Pakistan Pakistan May 2018 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill[49][50][51] Passed Passed Signed[52] Yes Yes
Portugal Portugal July 2018 Gender identity law (expansion: self-determination)[53][54][55][56][57] N/A 109 106 Signed Yes Yes
Luxembourg Luxembourg September 2018 Gender identity law (abolishing sterilization)[58][59] N/A 57 3 Signed Yes Yes
Uruguay Uruguay October 2018 Integral gender identity law (expansion: self-determination)[60][61] Passed Passed Signed Yes Yes
Chile Chile November 2018 Gender identity law[62][63][64] 26 14 95 46 Signed Yes Yes
Iceland Iceland December 2019 Gender autonomy law[65][66][67] N/A 45 0 Signed Yes Yes
Spain Spain February 2023 Gender identity law (expansion: self-determination)[68] N/A Passed Signed Yes Yes
Scotland Scotland December 2022 Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill[69][70] N/A 86 39 Pending
Thailand Thailand Unknown Gender identity law N/A Pending
Brazil Brazil Unknown Gender identity law[71] N/A Pending
Costa Rica Costa Rica Unknown Gender identity recognition and equality before the law[72][73][74][75] N/A Pending
El Salvador El Salvador Unknown Gender identity law[76] N/A Pending
Peru Peru Unknown Gender identity law[77] N/A Pending
Sweden Sweden Unknown Gender identity law[78] N/A Pending

Legislative efforts to derecognise gender identity[edit]

National level[edit]

Country Date Gender identity/expression legislation Upper house Lower house Head of state Final
outcome
Yes No Yes No
Hungary Hungary May 2020 On Amendments to Certain Administrative Laws and the Free Transfer of Property (T/9934), Article 33[79][80][81] N/A 134 56 Signed Yes Yes
Slovakia Slovakia May 2023 Birth Number Act (Bill No. 301/1995)[82] N/A N/A N/A N/A
Russia Russia July 2023 164 0 386 0 Signed Yes Yes

Subnational level[edit]

United States[edit]

State Date Gender identity/expression legislation Upper house Lower house Governor Final
outcome
Yes No Yes No
Idaho Idaho July 2020 House Bill 509, An Act Relating to Vital Statistics 27 6 53 16 Signed Yes Yes
Yes Struck down by court in August 2020[83][84][85]

Asia[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

In Pakistan, some members of the LGBT community have started undergoing acts of sex reassignment surgery to change their sex. There are situations where such cases have caused media attention.[86] A 2008 ruling at Pakistan's Lahore High Court gave permission to Naureen, 28, to have a sex change operation, although the decision was applicable only towards individuals who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria.[87]

In 2009, the Pakistan Supreme Court made a ruling in favor of the transgender community. The landmark ruling stated that as citizens they were entitled to the equal benefit and protection of the law and called upon the Pakistani government to take steps to protect transgender people from discrimination and harassment.[88] Pakistan's chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry, was the architect of major extension of rights to Pakistan's transgender community during his term.[89] There are also anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services for transgender or transsexual individuals (known as Khuwaja Sira, formerly hijra, or Third Gender) in Pakistani.[90][91]

In 2018, the Pakistani government passed the Transgender Person (Protection of Rights) Act which officially established the legal right of transgender people in Pakistan to identify themselves as such and instituted anti-discrimination laws. These include recognition of transgender identity in legal documents such as passports, identity card, and drivers licences, along with prohibiting discrimination in employment, schools, workplaces, public transit, healthcare, etc. The bill also included the right for inheritance in accordance to their chosen gender. Furthermore, the bill obligates the Pakistani government to build protection centers and safe houses for the specific purpose of being used by the transgender community in Pakistan.[92]

Table and world map of legal status[edit]

Laws concerning gender identity-expression by country or territory
  Legal identity change, surgery not required
  Legal identity change, surgery required
  No legal identity change
  Unknown/Ambiguous

Part of the data is provided by Spartacus Gay Travel Index and highlights the legal status of gender identity change and expression.[93]

Legend
Legal
permitted, with complex legality or practice
varies by subdivision
prohibited
unknown or unclear
Legal status of Transgender people
Country Status
 Abkhazia Unknown or unclear
 Afghanistan Prohibited
 Albania Prohibited
 Algeria Prohibited
 American Samoa Legal
 Andorra Legal
 Angola Permitted
 Argentina Legal
 Armenia Prohibited
 Artsakh Unknown or unclear
 Australia Legal
 Austria Legal
 Azerbaijan Prohibited
 Bahamas Prohibited
 Bahrain Permitted, with Sterilization
 Bangladesh Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Barbados Prohibited
 Belarus Prohibited (Defacto)[94]
 Belize Prohibited
 Belgium Legal
 Benin Unknown or unclear
 Bermuda Prohibited
 Bhutan Unknown or unclear
 Bolivia Legal
 Bonaire Legal
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Botswana Legal
 Brazil Legal
 British Indian Ocean Territory Unknown or unclear
 British Virgin Islands Prohibited
 Brunei Prohibited
 Bulgaria Prohibited[95]
 Burkina Faso Unknown or unclear
 Burundi Prohibited
 Cabo Verde Unknown or unclear
 Cambodia Prohibited
 Cameroon Prohibited
 Canada Legal
 Cayman Islands Prohibited
 Central African Republic Prohibited
 Chad Prohibited
 Chile Legal
 China Permitted, with Sterilization
 Colombia Legal
 Comoros Prohibited
 Congo Prohibited
 Cook Islands Prohibited
 Costa Rica Legal
 Croatia Legal
 Cuba Legal
 Cyprus Prohibited
 Czech Republic Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Prohibited
 Denmark Legal
 Djibouti Prohibited
 Dominica Prohibited
 Dominican Republic Prohibited
 East Timor Unknown or unclear
 Ecuador Legal
 Egypt Prohibited
 El Salvador Unknown or unclear
 Equatorial Guinea Prohibited
 Eritrea Prohibited
 Estonia Legal
 Eswatini Prohibited
 Ethiopia Prohibited
 Falkland Islands Prohibited
 Faroe Islands Prohibited[96]
 Fiji Prohibited
 Finland Legal
 France Legal
 French Guiana Legal
 French Polynesia Legal
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands Legal
 Gabon Unknown or unclear
 Gambia Prohibited
 Georgia Permitted, with Sterilization
 Germany Legal
 Gibraltar Prohibited
 Ghana Prohibited
 Greece Legal
 Greenland Legal
 Grenada Prohibited
 Guadeloupe Legal
 Guam Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Guatemala Prohibited
 Guinea Prohibited
 Guinea-Bissau Prohibited
 Guyana Prohibited
 Haiti Prohibited
 Hong Kong Legal[97]
 Honduras Prohibited
 Hungary Prohibited[98]
 Iceland Legal
 India Legal
 Indonesia Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Iran Permitted, with Sterilization
 Iraq Prohibited
 Ireland Legal
 Isle of Man Legal
 Israel Legal
 Italy Legal
 Ivory Coast Unknown or unclear
 Jamaica Prohibited
 Japan Legal
 Jordan Permitted, with Sterilization
 Kazakhstan Permitted, with Sterilization
 Kenya Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Kiribati Prohibited
 Kosovo Prohibited
 Kuwait Prohibited
 Kyrgyzstan Unknown or unclear
 Laos Permitted, with Sterilization
 Latvia Permitted, with Sterilization
 Lebanon Permitted, with Sterilization
 Lesotho Permitted
 Liberia Prohibited
 Libya Prohibited
 Liechtenstein Prohibited
 Lithuania Legal
 Luxembourg Legal
 Macau Unknown or unclear
 Madagascar Unknown or unclear
 Malawi Prohibited
 Malaysia Prohibited
 Maldives Prohibited
 Mali Prohibited
 Malta Legal
 Marshall Islands Unknown or unclear
 Martinique Legal
 Mauritania Prohibited
 Mauritius Unknown or unclear
 Mayotte Legal
 Mexico Varies by subdivision
 Micronesia Unknown or unclear
 Moldova Legal
 Monaco Prohibited
 Mongolia Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Montenegro Permitted, with Sterilization
 Morocco Prohibited
 Mozambique Unknown or unclear
 Myanmar Prohibited
 Namibia Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Nauru Prohibited
   Nepal Legal
 Netherlands Legal
 New Caledonia Legal
 New Zealand Legal
 Nicaragua Prohibited
 Niger Prohibited
 Nigeria Prohibited
 Northern Cyprus Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Northern Mariana Islands Legal
 North Korea Prohibited
 North Macedonia Legal
 Norway Legal
 Oman Prohibited
 Pakistan Legal
 Palau Prohibited
 Palestine Prohibited
 Papua New Guinea Prohibited
 Panama Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Paraguay Prohibited
 Peru Legal
 Philippines Prohibited
 Poland Permitted, with complex legality or practice[99]
 Portugal Legal
 Puerto Rico Legal
 Qatar Prohibited
 Réunion Legal
 Romania Permitted, with Sterilization
 Russia Prohibited
 Rwanda Prohibited
 Saba Legal
 Saint Barthélemy Legal
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Unknown or unclear
 Saint Martin Legal
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Unknown or unclear
 Samoa Unknown or unclear
 San Marino Unknown or unclear
 Sao Tome and Principe Unknown or unclear
 Saudi Arabia Prohibited
 Senegal Prohibited
 Seychelles Unknown or unclear
 Sierra Leone Prohibited
 Singapore Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Sint Eustatius Legal
 Serbia Legal
 Slovenia Legal
 Slovakia Prohibited (Defacto)
 Solomon Islands Prohibited
 Somalia Prohibited
 Somaliland Prohibited
 South Africa Legal
 South Korea Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 South Ossetia Unknown or unclear
 South Sudan Prohibited
 Spain Legal
 Sri Lanka Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Sudan Prohibited
 Suriname Legal
 Sweden Legal
  Switzerland Legal
 Syria Prohibited
 Taiwan Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Tajikistan Unknown or unclear
 Tanzania Prohibited
 Thailand Unknown or unclear
 Togo Prohibited
 Tonga Prohibited
 Transnistria Unknown or unclear
 Trinidad and Tobago Prohibited
 Tunisia Prohibited
 Turkey Permitted, with Sterilization
 Turkmenistan Prohibited
 Tuvalu Unknown or unclear
 Uganda Prohibited
 Ukraine Legal
 United Arab Emirates Prohibited
 United Kingdom Legal
 United States Varies by subdivision
 United States Virgin Islands Legal
 Uruguay Legal
 Uzbekistan Prohibited
 Vanuatu Prohibited
  Vatican City Prohibited
 Venezuela Prohibited
 Vietnam Permitted, with complex legality or practice
 Wallis and Futuna Legal
 Western Sahara Prohibited
 Yemen Prohibited
 Zambia Prohibited
 Zimbabwe Prohibited

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