Editing Gender recognition

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[[File:World_map_nonbinary_gender_recognition.svg|thumb|600px|right|Map of recognition of nonbinary gender. (Graphic may not be as up to date as the rest of this article.)<br>
* Dark blue: Non-binary / third gender option available as voluntary opt-in
* Yellow: Opt-in for intersex people only
* Orange: Mandatory for some born intersex, and opt in
* Red: Mandatory for some born intersex
* Grey: Nonbinary / third gender option not legally recognized / no data]]

'''Recognition of [[Nonbinary gender|non-binary gender identities]]''' in law and other paperwork is an important issue confronting modern society. This also deals with policies about [[transgender]] people in general and related policies about [[intersex]] people. Recognition here means whether an organization acknowledges that such people exist and have valid identities, and the organization does this by routinely giving them a place where they aren't forced into being wrongly categorized as a [[gender]] that doesn't match their [[gender identity]]. In the case of recognition of nonbinary people, this means the system doesn't force them to wrongly say they are one of the [[binary genders]] ([[female]] or [[male]]). Through networking and [[activism]], people can find out which organisations acknowledge non-binary genders, and can ask for acknowledgement from organisations that still need to do so.

For international recognition on the Internet, see [[websites and social networks]].

== Recognition worldwide ==

One international problem is that all passports and other identity documents list gender (they are usually called "[[sex]]"),<ref>Lauren Bishop. "Gender and Sex Designations for Identification Purposes: A Discussion on Inclusive Documentation for a Less Assimilationist Society." 30 Wis. J.L. Gender & Soc'y 131, 134-35. Fall 2015 (containing a broad comparative discussion of this problem in academic legal scholarship). available at http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/wjlgs/fall-2015-volume-xxx-no-2/</ref> and most countries require that gender to be either female or male.<ref>"X gender markers on passports." http://lgbt.libdems.org.uk/en/page/x-gender-markers-on-passports</ref> A few countries allow passports to have a nonbinary [[Gender markers|gender marker]], called X (unspecified or [[X-gender]]), T ([[transgender]] or [[third gender]]), E ([[eunuch]]), I ([[intersex]]) or O ([[other]]), depending on the country. Having a nonbinary marker on one's passport can make it impossible to [[travel]] to a country whose passports don't give that option.<ref>Aron Macarow. "These Seven Countries are Way Ahead of the US on Trans Issues." February 9, 2015. Attn. http://www.attn.com/stories/868/transgender-passport-status</ref>

Another global problem for transgender rights is that many countries require too much of a transgender person in order to allow them to have a legal transition. Many countries require proof of [[surgery]] in order to do this. Many countries even require transgender people to go through bottom surgeries that would effectively [[Sterilization|sterilize]] them in order to [[transition]]. International law calls compulsory sterilization a crime against humanity,<ref>As quoted by Guy Horton in Dying Alive - A Legal Assessment of Human Rights Violations in Burma April 2005, co-Funded by The Netherlands Ministry for Development Co-Operation. See section "12.52 Crimes against humanity", Page 201. He references RSICC/C, Vol. 1 p. 360</ref><ref>Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court http://legal.un.org/icc/statute/romefra.htm</ref> but it is still the law in many countries.

In the table below, countries are listed in alphabetical order. To make them easier to skim, they use a colour code based on traffic lights:

* Blue (#9FF) means it's friendly to nonbinary people. This can mean it allows unspecified gender options.
* Yellow (#FFB) means it's somewhat friendly to nonbinary people. This can mean it plans to become friendly to nonbinary people. Or it can mean the country is divided on giving nonbinary people their rights, but leaning toward acceptance. 
* Red (#F99) means it's not friendly at all to nonbinary people.
* White or blank background means we don't have information about this yet, or it's difficult to call whether it's more good or bad for nonbinary people. 


{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"
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!  Nonbinary markers allowed on passports or other identity documents?
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| [[Recognition (Australia)|Australia]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  Starting in 2000, Australia allows nonbinary ''and'' intersex people to get passports with the nonbinary gender marker "X (indeterminate/unspecified/intersex)," requiring only a letter from a doctor, not proof of surgery.<ref>https://www.passports.gov.au/web/sexgenderapplicants.aspx</ref> Can change birth certificate to "sex: not specified."<ref>"NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie [2014] HCA 11 (2 April 2014)" . High Court of Australia. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html</ref><ref>"X marks the spot for intersex Alex" Archived 2013-11-11 at WebCite, West Australian, via bodieslikeours.org. 11 January 2003 https://www.webcitation.org/6L2hqf44G?url=http://www.bodieslikeours.org/pdf/xmarks.pdf</ref><ref>Holme, Ingrid (2008). "Hearing People's Own Stories". Science as Culture. 17 (3): 341–344. doi:10.1080/09505430802280784. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09505430802280784</ref>
| style="background-color:#FFB;" | Can change birth certificate, including to a nonbinary option, "sex: not specified," if the person has had a "sex affirmation procedure".<ref>"NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie [2014] HCA 11 (2 April 2014)" . High Court of Australia. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/11.html</ref> However, people have to be unmarried at the time of the change.<ref>"BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1995 - SECT 32B Application to alter register to record change of sex" . Retrieved 26 July 2015. http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/bdamra1995383/s32b.html</ref>
| style="background-color:#9FF;" |"The Australian Government recognises that individuals may identify and be recognised within the community as a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth or during infancy, or as a gender which is not exclusively male or female. This should be recognised and reflected in their personal records held by Australian Government departments and agencies."<ref name="agg">{{Cite web |title=Australian Government Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender |author= |work= |date=November 2015 |access-date=16 May 2020 |url= https://www.ag.gov.au/Publications/Documents/AustralianGovernmentGuidelinesontheRecognitionofSexandGender/AustralianGovernmentGuidelinesontheRecognitionofSexandGender.pdf}} (PDF)</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Austria)|Austria]]
| style="background-color:#9FF;" | The first passport with an "X" as a gender marker was issued on May 14, 2019 to the [[intersex]] activist [[Alex Jürgen]], thanks to the country's constitutional court, who ruled that citizens have the right to have their gender identity accurately represented in their official documents.<ref name="pinknews_austria">[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/14/austria-third-gender-option-documents/ Austria recognises third gender option in official documents] — PinkNews.co.uk</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map">Europe Map & Index 2017." ''Transgender Europe''. http://tgeu.org/trans-rights-map-2017/</ref> As for the civil registry, the term "divers" can be used as long as the person can provide a document certifying their [[intersex]] status.<ref name="pinknews_austria"/>
| style="background-color:#FFB;" | It is possible to change to an ambiguous name. However, there are high fees for a name change unless one can prove to have a reason that is approved by the state. A name that doesn't correspond to the legal gender can also be chosen, but only as a second or third name - the name that is listed first has to correspond to the legal gender or be ambiguous.<ref>"Vornamensänderung." TransX. http://www.transx.at/Pub/Recht_Vornamen.php</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Argentina)|Argentina]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" | Identity documents can be issued without a gender marker at all thanks to the Gender Identity Law, passed in 2012. In November 2018, two nonbinary people were able to make this change without a judicial procedure for the first time.<ref>[https://www.pagina12.com.ar/152857-dni-sin-indicacion-de-sexo-y-como-un-tramite DNI sin indicación de sexo y como un trámite] — Página12 (in Spanish)</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Argentina allows transgender people to get access to legal and medical resources they need to transition, without requiring these things in order to be legally recognized as their gender. They can change their legal gender based on their written declaration, without even a diagnosis.<ref>"Argentina Adopts Groundbreaking Gender Identity Law." Transgender Europe. May 10, 2012. http://tgeu.org/argentina-adopts-ground-breaking-gender-identity-law/</ref> See Argentina's Gender Identity Law as of 2012 [http://tgeu.org/argentina-gender-identity-law/ here]. While this law is said to be the most progressive transgender law in the world,<ref>"FAQ about identity documents." Lambda Legal. http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/identity-document-faq</ref> it doesn't directly mention intersex or nonbinary people.
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| [[Recognition (Armenia)|Armenia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Azerbaijan)|Azerbaijan]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  In 2011, started to allow passports to show a gender called "other".<ref>http://www.attn.com/stories/868/transgender-passport-status</ref><ref>Tristin Hopper, "Genderless passports ‘under review’ in Canada." May 8, 2012. National Post. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/genderless-passports-under-review-in-canada</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Belarus)|Belarus]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Belgium)|Belgium]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |   Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref>(Since 1 January 2018:) Loi du 25 juin 2017 réformant des régimes relatifs aux personnes transgenres en ce qui concerne la mention d'une modification de l'enregistrement du sexe dans les actes de l'état civil et ses effets http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/loi/2017/06/25/2017012964/justel Wet van 25 juni 2017 tot hervorming van regelingen inzake transgenders wat de vermelding van een aanpassing van de registratie van het geslacht in de akten van de burgerlijke stand en de gevolgen hiervan betreft http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2017/06/25/2017012964/justel</ref> 
| style="background-color:#9ff;" | The government publishes vacancy notes with the mention "M/F/X".<ref>M/F devient M/F/X: l’administration fédérale veut plus de neutralité liée au sexe lors des recrutements http://www.selor.be/fr/nouvelles/2015/12/mf-devient-mfx-l’administration-fédérale-veut-plus-de-neutralité-liée-au-sexe-lors-des-recrutements/ M/V wordt M/V/X: federale overheid wil meer genderneutraliteit in vacatures http://www.selor.be/nl/nieuws/2015/12/mv-wordt-mvx-federale-overheid-wil-meer-genderneutraliteit-in-vacatures/</ref> Anti-discrimination legislation covers gender identity and expression. <ref>Loi du 10 mai 2007 tendant à lutter contre la discrimination entre les femmes et les hommes http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/loi/2007/05/10/2007002098/justel Wet ter bestrijding van discriminatie tussen vrouwen en mannen http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/2007/05/10/2007002098/justel</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Bolivia)|Bolivia]]
| style="background-color:#ffb;" | Since August 2016, transgender people in Bolivia can change their legal gender as long as they are over 18 years old, pass a psychological test and write a letter of application.<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Lets-Transgender-People-Choose-Their-Legal-Identity-20160802-0034.html Bolivia Lets Transgender People Choose Their Legal Identity] — Tele Sur (English edition).</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Bulgaria)|Bulgaria]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Cambodia)|Cambodia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" id="cambodia" onclick=" document.getElementById('cambodia').style.background-color='#f00';" | Some Cambodian families abuse, burn, or torture transgender children. They are sometimes believed to be possessed.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lgbt-cambodia_us_5614ed2de4b0fad1591a0ced</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Canada)|Canada]]
| style="background-color:#9ff" |  As of June 2019, Canada allows for "X" in the sex field of immigration documents including passports and proof of citizenship certificates <ref>https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/gender-x-documents.html</ref>. Some provinces allow-- or plan to soon allow-- hidden or "X" markers on identity documents such as birth certificates and driver's licenses; see [[Recognition (Canada)]] for the latest details on which.
| style="background-color:#FFB;" |  Requirements vary from province to province. Generally minimally medical intervention is required. Explicit anti-discrimination protections for transgender people only in Alberta, Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario, implicit elsewhere.
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| [[Recognition (Colombia)|Colombia]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Since 2015, transgender persons can change their legal gender and name manifesting their solemn will before a notar, no surgeries or judicial order required.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/colombia-allows-transgender-community-change-sex-ids-without-physical-exams-1957412 |website=International Business Times|title=Colombia Allows Transgender Community To Change Sex On IDs Without Physical Exams|last=Lee|first=Brianna|date=2015|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Croatia)|Croatia]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Cyprus)|Cyprus]]
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| [[Recognition (Czech Republic)|Czech Republic]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Denmark)|Denmark]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  Denmark allows people to get passports with the gender marker X.<ref>"Denmark: X in Passports and New Trans Law Works." Transgender Europe. September 12, 2014. http://tgeu.org/denmark-x-in-passports-and-new-trans-law-work/</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Since 2014, no longer requires sterilization, gender identity disorder diagnosis, or ending a marriage in order to change legal sex.<ref>"Denmark becomes Europe’s leading country on legal gender recognition | The European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights" . Lgbt-ep.eu. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2015-04-10. http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/press-releases/denmark-becomes-europes-leading-country-on-legal-gender-recognition/</ref> Requires applicants to be over 18, and to wait six months after applying before legal sex change takes effect.<ref>{{cite web|title=World must follow Denmark's example after landmark transgender law.| website=Amnesty International |date=12 June 2014 |url=http://amnesty.org/en/en/news/denmark-transgender-law-2014-06-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140704235720/http://amnesty.org/en/en/news/denmark-transgender-law-2014-06-12 |archive-date=4 July 2014}}</ref>  
| style="background-color:#9ff;" | Danish law includes protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.<ref name="SSH-worldsurvey">{{cite web|url=https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf |title= State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws: Criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love |last1=Itaborahy |first1=Lucas Paoli |last2=Zhu |first2=Jingshu}}</ref><ref>[http://www.non-discrimination.net/content/main-legislation-17 Main legislation]</ref> Danish law includes hate crimes legislation, which adds extra penalties for crimes committed against people because of their sexuality and for their gender identity or form of gender expression.<ref name="SSH-worldsurvey" />
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| [[Recognition (Estonia)|Estonia]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Finland)|Finland]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (France)|France]]
| style="background-color:#f99;" | M or F only. In 2015, for the first time, France allowed an intersex adult to change their birth certificate to "gender neutral".<ref>Joseph Patrick McCormick. "France legally recognises person as ‘gender neutral’ for the first time." Pink News. October 15, 2015. [1]</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" /> Doesn't require a note from a doctor or medical intervention, but does not use self-certification alone <ref>http://tgeu.org/france-adopts-1st-gender-recognition-law-trans-people-continue-being-judged/</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Georgia) (country)|Georgia (country)]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Germany)|Germany]]
| style="background-color:#ffb;" | Since December 2018, German citizens can apply for a third gender marker as long as they provide a note from their doctor. Although the law was initially passed for intersex people, some perisex nonbinary people have managed to get a third gender marker too by getting a note from a trusted doctor. <ref>"Ratgeber für inter- und transgeschlechtliche Menschen", LSVD. https://www.lsvd.de/recht/ratgeber/intersexuelle/ratgeber-fuer-inter-und-transgeschlechtliche-menschen.html</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  In 2011, Germany stopped requiring transgender people to be coercively [[Sterilization|sterilized]] in order to transition.<ref>"German Federal Court Outlawing Forced Sterilisation (2011)." Transgender Europe. January 7, 2015. http://tgeu.org/german-federal-court-verdict-on-forced-sterilisation-2011/</ref>
| style="background-color:#F99;" | The coalition agreement for the current federal government provides for legislation clarifying that surgery on intersex children is only allowed in cases that are urgent and involve a lethal health threat. <ref>Coalition agreement (see lines 782-784) https://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/_Anlagen/2018/03/2018-03-14-koalitionsvertrag.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=5</ref> Some nonbinary people have legally adopted neutral names, arguing the TSG ("law on transsexuals") does not apply to them.<ref>"Namensänderung ohne Transsexuellengesetz". nibiTrans*Ich (blog).[3]</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Greece)|Greece]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Greece allows transgender people to change their gender markers if their [[gender expression]] matches their [[gender identity]].<ref>https://www.ilga-europe.org/resources/news/latest-news/greece-gender-recognition-law-oct2017</ref>
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| [[Recognition (India)|India]]
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  India recognises transgender people as a third gender. Additionally, [[hijra]]s are also recognised as a third gender.<ref name="Biharprabha">{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court's Third Gender Status to Transgenders is a landmark |author= |work=Biharprabha News |date=15 April 2014 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://news.biharprabha.com/2014/04/supreme-courts-third-gender-status-to-transgenders-is-a-landmark/}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Ireland)|Ireland]]
| style="background-color:#f99;" |  M or F only.
| style="background-color:#f99;" |  In 2015, Ireland passed a law allowing transgender adults to legally transition to either female or male only, without a requirement of medical intervention. Intersex and nonbinary people and minors are still left out.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/16/ireland-transgender-law-gender-recognition-bill-passed</ref> Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Iceland)|Iceland]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  Options are male, female, nonbinary, [[other]], and the option to decline to answer.<ref name="IcelandGrapevine">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary Gender Registration Finally Opens In Iceland |last=Fontaine |first=Andie Sophia |work=The Reykjavik Grapevine |date=8 January 2021 |access-date=10 January 2021 |url= https://grapevine.is/news/2021/01/08/nonbinary-gender-registration-finally-opens-in-iceland/}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
| style="background-color:#ffb;" | In June 2019, the Icelandic Parliament voted unanimously on a bill to implement a "self-determination gender change model law", including an "X" marker on identity documents.<ref>"Gender Autonomy Act Applauded", mbl.is. https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2019/06/21/gender_autonomy_act_applauded/</ref> It was implemented in January 2021.<ref name="IcelandGrapevine" />
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| [[Recognition (Italy)|Italy]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Japan)|Japan]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Japan made legal transition possible in 2004. In order to get one, Japan requires that a transgender person must be unmarried, has never had children, has had genital surgery, and has been sterilized.<ref>{{cite web |author=whitecasetokyo |url=http://www.impowr.org/content/current-legal-framework-transgender-issues-japan |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180902204720/https://www.impowr.org/content/current-legal-framework-transgender-issues-japan |archive-date=2 September 2018 |title=Current Legal Framework: Transgender Issues in Japan |date=26 November 2013 |website=International Models Project on Women's Rights (IMPOWR)}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Kenya)|Kenya]]
| style="background-color:#f99;" |  In 2015, activists in Kenya are still working for the introduction of another gender option on official forms for people who don't identify as female or male, who may be intersex or transgender.<ref name="Matata2015">{{Cite web |title=Identifying as Neither Male Nor Female, Some Kenyans Seek a Third Option on Official Documents |last=Matata |first=Lydia |work=Global Press Journal |date=1 December 2015 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/kenya/identifying-as-neither-male-nor-female-some-kenyans-seek-a-third-option-on-official-documents/#}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Latvia)|Latvia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Lithuania)|Lithuania]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Malaysia)|Malaysia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Malaysia has no legislation for changing a legal sex, and instead deals with this on a case-by-case basis.
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| [[Recognition (Malta)|Malta]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" | Since September 2017, Malta can issue official identity documents with X as a gender marker. On January 2018, Malta released the first passport with an 'X' as a gender marker.<ref name="Sansone2018">{{Cite web |title=Malta releases first passport with neutral 'X' gender marker |last=Sansone |first=Kurt |work=Malta Today |date=23 January 2018 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/83920/malta_releases_first_passport_with_neutral_x_gender_marker}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  The only requirement for a neutral gender marker is an oath in front of a notary.<ref name="Sansone2018" />
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| [[Recognition (Montenegro)|Montenegro]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Nepal)|Nepal]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  Allows passports to use a third gender marker, called "other", which includes all transgender and nonbinary people.<ref name="Lim2015">{{Cite web |title=Nepal Passports Will Offer a 3rd Gender Option |last=Lim |first=Clarissa-Jan |work=Bustle |date=8 January 2015 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.bustle.com/articles/57466-new-third-gender-option-on-nepal-passports-finally-protects-the-rights-of-lgbt-community}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Netherlands)|Netherlands]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized or any kind of therapy in order to have legal gender recognition, but it requires a diagnosis.<ref name="tre_map" />
|In 2018 Leonne Zeegers was the first Dutch citizen to receive a passport with gender marker "X".<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Dutch gender-neutral passport issued |author= |work=BBC News |date=19 October 2018 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45914813}}</ref> Leonne does have an intersex condition but the judge ruled in their favor based on their gender, which is nonbinary. In October 2019, [[Nanoah Struik]] was the second adult citizen to get an X on their passport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tweede volwassene krijgt X in paspoort |trans-title= |author= |work=Transgender Netwerk Nederland |date=29 July 2019 |access-date=31 October 2021 |url= https://www.transgendernetwerk.nl/tweede-volwassene-krijgt-x-in-paspoort/ |language=nl}}</ref> Nanoah doesn't have an intersex condition so this makes them the first person to have that gender marker without having an intersex condition. 
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| [[Recognition (New Zealand)|New Zealand]]
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  Allows passports to use a nonbinary gender option, X.<ref>Clarissa-Jan Lim. "New "Third Gender" Option on Nepal Passports Finally Protects the Rights of LGBT Community." Bustle. January 8, 2015. http://www.bustle.com/articles/57466-new-third-gender-option-on-nepal-passports-finally-protects-the-rights-of-lgbt-community</ref> You can change it simply by applying for it.<ref name="ScarletJimsonHealey">{{cite web| url=http://www.wclc.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/How-to-change-your-name-and-gender-under-New-Zealand-law.pdf |title=How to change your name and gender under New Zealand law |last1=Scarlet|first1=Kate |last2=Jimson-Healey |first2=Rosie |date=July 2013}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |  Since 1995, in order to change the gender on your birth certificate, you need to show that you wish to live in your intended gender, and that you have undergone "medical treatment" for it.<ref name="ScarletJimsonHealey" /> You can change your driver's license simply by applying for it.<ref name="ScarletJimsonHealey" />
| style="background-color:#9ff;" | New Zealand allows asylum seekers or refugees who face harm on the basis of "gender" and "identity"<ref>https://www.immigration.govt.nz/audiences/supporting-refugees-and-asylum-seekers/asylum-seekers</ref>. In the New Zealand refugee confirmation form, the options for gender are "Male", "Female", and "Other (specify)" which is a write-in field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/forms-and-guides/inz1071.pdf |title=Confirmation of Claim to Refugee and Protection Status in New Zealand|date=March 2021|access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Norway)|Norway]]
| A nonbinary gender option for passports was advocated by some members of the Norwegian Labour Party in 2017.<ref name="pink_Norw">{{Cite web |title=Norway could introduce a third gender option on passports |author=McCormick, Joseph |work=PinkNews |date=8 February 2017 |access-date=5 September 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/02/08/norway-could-introduce-a-third-gender-option-on-passports/}}</ref><ref name="England">{{Cite web |title=Norway could introduce a third gender option on passports for people who identify neither male nor female |last=England |first=Charlotte |work=independent.co.uk |date=8 February 2017 |access-date=5 September 2020 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-third-gender-passport-option-hen-identify-male-female-han-hun-labour-party-youth-wing-a7568271.html }}</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  People over 16 can change their legal gender without any kind of diagnosis or treatment. Minors between 6 and 16 years old need their parents' permission.<ref>[https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/easier-to-change-legal-gender/id2480677/ Easier to change legal gender], Norwegian Government (2016)</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Pakistan)|Pakistan]]
| style="background-color:#ffb;" | Pakistan legally recognises [[hijra]]s and [[eunuch]]s, even though transgender topics are generally taboo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=For transgender Pakistanis, newfound rights |author=Michele Langevine Leiby |work=Washington Post |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=31 October 2021 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/for-transgender-pakistanis-newfound-rights/2012/02/04/gIQAM0jG4Q_story.html?utm_term=.584326826f45}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Philippines)|Philippines]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  This country doesn't allow transgender people to change their legal sex, but made an exception for an intersex person.{{citation needed}}
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| [[Recognition (Poland)|Poland]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Transgender people must undergo [[sex reassignment surgery]] before changing their legal gender.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Portugal)|Portugal]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Transgender people can change their legal gender without any requirements. Minors who are 16 or 17 years old need their parents' permission and a favorable opinion from a psychologist.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Romania)|Romania]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to undergo sex reassignment surgery in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" /> Genital surgery is required in order to change legal sex.<ref>{{cite web|title=Transsexualismul in Romania |website=Accept Romania|access-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711092809/http://accept-romania.ro/lgbt-issues/trans/ |url=http://accept-romania.ro/lgbt-issues/trans/ |archive-date=11 July 2017 |lang=ro}}</ref>  Allowed to marry in accordance with new legal sex.
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| [[Recognition (Russia)|Russia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Serbia)|Serbia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Slovakia)|Slovakia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (Slovenia)|Slovenia]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (South Africa)|South Africa]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Since 2003, legal gender can be changed after medical treatment. Hormone therapy is seen as enough, surgery isn't required.<ref>"Changing your name and gender in your identity document: the Alteration of Sex Description Act 49 of 2003" (PDF). Gender Dynamix. Retrieved 29 September 2013. http://www.genderdynamix.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Act-49-English.pdf</ref>
|  Anti-discrimination laws are interpreted to include gender identity.
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| [[Recognition (South Korea)|South Korea]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" | While the Supreme Court declared that transgender people need to undergo SRS in order to change their legal gender, in 2013 a court ruled that five transgender people could make the change without a surgery, and the same happened in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Landmark legal ruling for South Korean transgenders |author= |work=The Hankyoreh |date=16 March 2013 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/578323.html}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Spain)|Spain]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  All transgender people may change their legal gender without a surgery, including minors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chrysallis.org.es/excluir-a-menores-trans-es-inconstitucional/ |title=Excluir a menores trans es inconstitucional  |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210201092401/https://chrysallis.org.es/excluir-a-menores-trans-es-inconstitucional/ |website=Chrysalis |date=20 July 2019 |language=es |archive-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Sweden)|Sweden]]
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| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  In 2012, Sweden stopped requiring transgender people to be coercively sterilized in order to transition,<ref>"Swedish Verdict outlawing forced Sterilisation (2012)." Transgender Europe. http://tgeu.org/administrative-court-of-appeal-in-stockholm-on-sterilisation-requirement-in-gender-recognition-legislation-19-dec-2012/</ref> and in 2014, stopped requiring a mental health diagnosis in order to get legal gender recognition.<ref>"Swedish Court outlaws diagnosis requirement." September 7, 2014. Transgender Europe. http://tgeu.org/administrative-court-in-stockholm-striking-out-diagnosis-in-gender-recognition-16-05-2014/</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Switzerland)|Switzerland]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" /> However, a process to allow a legal gender changes without medical intervention in under public consultation.<ref>[https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-70852.html Transgender individuals should be able to change their official gender and first name without red tape], Swiss Government (2018)</ref> A proposal to add a third "X" gender marker is also under discussion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://360.ch/suisse/45258-le-debat-sur-le-3e-sexe-est-lance/ |title=Le débat sur le 3e sexe est lancé |website= 360º |date=2018 |language=fr}}</ref>
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| [[Recognition (Turkey)|Turkey]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |  Requires transgender people to have surgery for legal gender recognition.<ref name="tre_map" />
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| [[Recognition (UK)|United Kingdom (UK)]]
| style="background-color:#f99;" |  As of 2015, some politicians are working to introduce passports with an option for an X gender marker.<ref>"Gender neutral passports move a step closer to reality after Labour backing." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gender-neutral-passports-move-a-step-closer-to-reality-after-labour-backing-10123734.html</ref> In 2015, the Ministry of Justice refused to allow a nonbinary legal gender.<ref>https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104639</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  In order to legally transition, you're first required to have a diagnosis of [[gender dysphoria]], and to have lived as your gender for two years, but you're not required to have had surgery.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/apply-gender-recognition-certificate/changing-your-gender</ref>
| style="background-color:#f99;" | In 2015, the Ministry of Justice stated that, unlike binary trans people, nonbinary people aren't protected under equality law.<ref>https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104639</ref><ref>http://beyondthebinary.co.uk/specificdetriment-what-you-told-us/</ref> In the UK, most kinds of paperwork and ID show a person's title, which is the main place where gender shows on those documents. Recognition of the [[Gender neutral titles|gender-neutral title]] "[[Mx]]" is coming to be widespread.
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| [[Recognition (USA)|United States of America (USA)]]
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Some states allow a third gender marked on official documents such as birth certificates or driving licenses. As for the federal government, the State Department announced in June 2021 that "The Department has begun moving towards adding a gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons" for passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA).<ref name="Blinken">{{Cite web |title=Proposing Changes to the Department's Policies on Gender on U.S. Passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad |last=Blinken |first=Antony J. |work=United States Department of State |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.state.gov/proposing-changes-to-the-departments-policies-on-gender-on-u-s-passports-and-consular-reports-of-birth-abroad/}}</ref> A government employee stated that the new gender marker would be available by the end of 2021.<ref name="Sanjana">{{Cite web |title=U.S. To Expand Passport Gender Markers For Nonbinary, Intersex Americans |last=Karanth |first=Sanjana |work=HuffPost |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-passport-gender-markers-nonbinary-intersex-lgbtq_n_60dcd4f2e4b04973e5c1fea9}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |  Each state has different laws regarding legal transition. Most states require proof of surgery in order to legally transition, and the rest require a letter from a doctor saying you've had some kind of transition.<br>As for passports, "You do not need to provide a medical certification or physician's letter, even if the gender you select on Form DS-11 does not match the gender on your previous passport or other documents."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selecting your Gender Marker |author= |work=travel.state.gov |date= |access-date=26 September 2021 |url= https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/selecting-your-gender-marker.html}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#f99;" | In the USA, documents and ID rarely show a person's title.
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|[[Recognition (Vietnam)|Vietnam]]
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| style="background-color:#f99;" | Forces transgender people to go through surgery in order to transition. Before late 2015, transgender people could not change their gender markers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vietnam law change introduces transgender rights |author= |work=the Guardian |date=24 November 2015 |access-date=31 October 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/vietnam-law-change-introduces-transgender-rights}}</ref>
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== See also ==
* [[Practical resources]]
* [[Charities and groups that benefit gender variant people]]
* [[Attitudes towards nonbinary people by country]]

== External links ==
* [[Wikipedia:LGBT rights by country or territory]]
* [http://tgeu.org/toolkit_legal_gender_recognition_in_europe/ Transgender Europe: Toolkit: Legal gender recognition in Europe]
* [http://tgeu.org/trans-rights-europe-card-game-2014/ Transgender Europe: Trans Rights Europe Card Game]
* [http://tgeu.org/trans-rights_europe_map_2016/ Transgender Europe: Trans Rights Europe Map & Index 2016]

== References ==
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[[Category:Recognition]]