Entry #12115: Right to change legal gender in Burkina Faso

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RegionBurkina Faso
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusIllegal
Start Datepast
End Datenow
DescriptionBeing transgender in Burkina Faso is dangerous, no laws in place to legally change gender.
Sourceshttps://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00080684.html


Revision History (2)

Revision by Notdog1996. Wrong status

Old Value New Value (Current)
Value(REMOVED)Illegal
Special StatusAmbiguousIllegal
DescriptionBeing transgender in Burkina Faso is dangerousBeing transgender in Burkina Faso is dangerous, no laws in place to legally change gender.
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Being transgender in Burkina Faso is dangerous dangerous, no laws in place to legally change gender.

Revision by Markissik. The reason I'm changing the status is because the listed source doesn't have any mention of legality of gender change in Burkina Faso. Moreover, in the article it is reported that many transgender people had been persecuted due to inconsistency between their physical appearance and ID cards which may be interpreted as a sign of the lack of gender recognition by law.

Old Value (Original) New Value
ValueLegal, but requires surgery(REMOVED)
Special Status(REMOVED)Ambiguous

Willow created this entry.