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| [[Recognition (Argentina)|Argentina]] | | [[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) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210517052156/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/152857-dni-sin-indicacion-de-sexo-y-como-un-tramite Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | | 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) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210517052156/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/152857-dni-sin-indicacion-de-sexo-y-como-un-tramite Archived] on 17 July 2023</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/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221007090552/https://tgeu.org/argentina-adopts-ground-breaking-gender-identity-law/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> See Argentina's Gender Identity Law as of 2012 [ | | 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/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20221007090552/https://tgeu.org/argentina-adopts-ground-breaking-gender-identity-law/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230310122512/http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/identity-document-faq Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> it doesn't directly mention intersex or nonbinary people. | ||
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| [[Recognition (Chile)|Chile]] | | [[Recognition (Chile)|Chile]] | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;" | | | style="background-color:#ffb;" | Non-binary gender "X" became recognized in official documents, but requires a court order. | ||
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| [[Recognition (India)|India]] | | [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404095549/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/04/supreme-courts-third-gender-status-to-transgenders-is-a-landmark/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | | 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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404095549/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/04/supreme-courts-third-gender-status-to-transgenders-is-a-landmark/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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| [[Recognition (Japan)|Japan]] | | [[Recognition (Japan)|Japan]] | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;" | M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;" | M or F only. | ||
| 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 surgeried. | | 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 surgeried. | ||
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| [[Recognition (Norway)|Norway]] | | [[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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819215554/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/02/08/norway-could-introduce-a-third-gender-option-on-passports/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630172506/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 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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) [https://web.archive.org/web/20230421213456/https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/easier-to-change-legal-gender/id2480677 Archived] on 17 July 2023</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) [https://web.archive.org/web/20230421213456/https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/easier-to-change-legal-gender/id2480677 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
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| [[Recognition (Russia)|Russia]] | | [[Recognition (Russia)|Russia]] | ||
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| style="background-color:#f99;" |Only intersex minors can change their legal gender. Affirmative surgeries are required. | | style="background-color:#f99;" |Only intersex minors can change their legal gender. Affirmative surgeries are required. | ||
|"Any medical intervention with a goal of creating in a person's body primary or secondary characteristics of the opposite sex is prohibited". People who have changed their legal gender aren't allowed to marry or adopt children. On October 2023 the court has banned "the international public movement of LGBT" as extremist with up to 12 years of imprisonment for people who belong to or support it. <ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/30/russia-supreme-court-bans-lgbt-movement-extremist</ref> | |"Any medical intervention with a goal of creating in a person's body primary or secondary characteristics of the opposite sex is prohibited". People who have changed their legal gender aren't allowed to marry or adopt children. On October 2023 the court has banned "the international public movement of LGBT" as extremist with up to 12 years of imprisonment for people who belong to or support it. <ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/30/russia-supreme-court-bans-lgbt-movement-extremist</ref> | ||
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| [[Recognition (Spain)|Spain]] | | [[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=https://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 |access-date=14 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | | 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=https://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 |access-date=14 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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| [[Recognition (Switzerland)|Switzerland]] | | [[Recognition (Switzerland)|Switzerland]] | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;" | 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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208074945/https://360.ch/suisse/45258-le-debat-sur-le-3e-sexe-est-lance/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In 2022, however the government | | style="background-color:#f99;" | 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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208074945/https://360.ch/suisse/45258-le-debat-sur-le-3e-sexe-est-lance/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In 2022, however the government refused to allow a third or non-binary gender option.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/switzerland-gender-a48e05b6e5d0c307b3ead2bdd686f9a5</ref> | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;" | Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition as of 2022. | | style="background-color:#ffb;" | Doesn't require transgender people to be sterilized in order to have legal gender recognition as of 2022. | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:LGBT rights by country or territory]] | * [[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 == | == References == |