Current Version
| Region | South Africa |
| Issue | Legal recognition of non-binary gender |
| Status | Recognized |
| Start Date | 2021 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Non-Binary people will now have access to a 3rd gender option in government documents, should come into effect shortly. |
| Sources | https://www.africanews.com/2021/11/21/south-africa-plans-to-introduce-gender-neutral-identification// https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/534602/new-id-system-planned-for-south-africa/ |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "South Africa has only proposed the recognition of non-binary gender but has passed no legislation doing so"
- Status is not correct "The proposal is not to recognise a third gender, but to eliminate the practice of embedding a binary gender-specific 2 digit code into national ID numbers assigned when births are registrered -- these numbers don't change when legal gender markers change for trans people, which creates problems. The idea is to make the ID numbers neutral. "
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