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| Region | Bahrain |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Courts permit individuals to change their gender identity markers on legal and identifying national documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity (as male or female). Individuals had to provide medical documentation of a “sex change operation” or medical necessity. Nonbinary, intersex, or gender nonconforming options are not available. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bahrain/ |
Revision History (4)
edited by vilicus. Original description paragraph was oddly vague, I fixed it to be more clear.
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 2, 2014 | (unknown) |
| Description | Changing gender in Bahrain is very limited. | Courts permit individuals to change their gender identity markers on legal and identifying national documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity (as male or female). Individuals had to provide medical documentation of a “sex change operation” or medical necessity. Nonbinary, intersex, or gender nonconforming options are not available. |
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| Sources | https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5203120&page=1 https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bahrain/ | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bahrain/ |
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edited by JordanB3047. Changing the status.
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | not allowed | Changing gender in Bahrain is very limited. |
| Sources | no source available | https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5203120&page=1 https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bahrain/ |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | As of 2014, Bahrain allows sex change surgeries. | not allowed |
| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bahrain#cite_note-17 | no source available |
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created by Antinousosiris
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1 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 2, 2014 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | As of 2014, Bahrain allows sex change surgeries. |
| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bahrain#cite_note-17 |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Sex change is only available for people who have been born intersex. Not people who have been born male or female"