Current Version
| Region | Samoa |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Samoa has a large transgender community called the fa'afafine and the fa'afatama; but unclear if legal gender changes are allowed |
| Sources | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf (page 240) |
Revision History (7)
Revision by e_seurat. Fixing status
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Samoa has a large transgender community called the fa'afafine and the fa'afatama; but gender marker change is not possible. | Samoa has a large transgender community called the fa'afafine and the fa'afatama; but unclear if legal gender changes are allowed |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Samoa https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf (page 240) | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf (page 240) |
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Revision by Markissik. Adding one more valid source and updating the status according to information from there.
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Samoa has a large transgender community called the fa'afafine and the fa'afatama; but it's unclear if legal gender changes are allowed. | Samoa has a large transgender community called the fa'afafine and the fa'afatama; but gender marker change is not possible. |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Samoa | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Samoa https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf (page 240) |
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Revision by JordanB3047
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | has a large transgender population. Missing non binary options on documents. Has a large transgender population. | Samoa has a large transgender community called the fa'afafine and the fa'afatama; but it's unclear if legal gender changes are allowed. |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Samoa | |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Sources | No | |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | has a large transgender population. Unknown if it is legal. Missing non binary options on documents. Has a large transgender population. | has a large transgender population. Missing non binary options on documents. Has a large transgender population. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | has a large transgender population. Unknown if it is legal. | has a large transgender population. Unknown if it is legal. Missing non binary options on documents. Has a large transgender population. |
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Revision by Ausyk
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | has a large transgender population | has a large transgender population. Unknown if it is legal. |
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