Current Version
Region | Guatemala |
Issue | Right to change legal gender |
Status | Legal, surgery not required |
Start Date | Dec 4, 2017 |
End Date | now |
Description | Missing non binary options on documents. |
Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/guatemala-quietly-moving-lgbtq-rights-forward-n620891 |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "No law recognizes gender change in Guatemala,except for international changes"
Revision History (10)
Revision by Buzdolabimotoru
Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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Start Date | 0000-01-01 | 2017-12-04 |
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value | New Value | |
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Value | Illegal | Legal, surgery not required |
Note | Required to be legalized under the 2018 IACHR ruling. | Missing non binary options on documents. |
Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/guatemala-quietly-moving-lgbtq-rights-forward-n620891 |
Reports (4)
- Status is not correct "In Guatemala you can only change your name but it's illegal to change your gender."
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "It's not legal. There is currently a law up for debate in congress to allow people to change their sex on documents"
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value | New Value | |
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Value | Legal, surgery not required | Illegal |
Note | Missing Non binary options on documents. | Required to be legalized under the 2018 IACHR ruling. |
Sources | http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/07/socially-conservative-guatemala-transgender-people-sees-gains/ | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
Revision by Ausyk
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Note | No | Missing Non binary options on documents. |
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value | New Value | |
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Sources | No | http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/07/socially-conservative-guatemala-transgender-people-sees-gains/ |
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value | New Value | |
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Value | Illegal | Legal, surgery not required |
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value | New Value | |
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Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
Note | Requires Judicial permission first. | No |
Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory#North_America | No |
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value | New Value | |
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Value | Legal, but requires surgery | |
Value Special | ambiguous |
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value | New Value | |
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Value | Legal, surgery not required | |
Value Special | ambiguous | |
Note | Requires Judicial permission first. | Requires Judicial permission first. |
Revision by Ausyk
Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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Value | Illegal | Legal, surgery not required |
Note | From The Human Rights Violation | Requires Judicial permission first. |
Sources | https://www.outrightinternational.org/content/human-rights-violations-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-lgbt-people-guatemala-shadow | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory#North_America |