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| [[Recognition (Germany)|Germany]] | | [[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 | | 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:#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> | | 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 (Japan)|Japan]] | | [[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>http://www.impowr.org/content/current-legal-framework-transgender-issues-japan</ref> | | 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]] | | [[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> | | 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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| 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" /> | | 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 | |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 will be the second adult citizen to get an X on their passport [https://www.transgendernetwerk.nl/tweede-volwassene-krijgt-x-in-paspoort/]. Nanoah doesn't have an intersex condition so this makes them the first person to have that gender marker without having an interex condition. | ||
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| [[Recognition (New Zealand)|New Zealand]] | | [[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>http://www.wclc.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/How-to-change-your-name-and-gender-under-New-Zealand-law.pdf</ref> | | 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 | | 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:#f99;" | 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>. However, in its refugee confirmation form<ref>https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/forms-and-guides/inz1071.pdf</ref>, it only allows binary options. | | style="background-color:#f99;" | 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>. However, in its refugee confirmation form<ref>https://www.immigration.govt.nz/documents/forms-and-guides/inz1071.pdf</ref>, it only allows binary options. | ||
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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> | | 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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