Current Version
| Region | Greenland |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jun 12, 1975 |
| End Date | May 25, 2016 |
| Description | In 1975, Denmark’s Law on Castration and Sterilisation took effect in Greenland, allowing for legal gender recognition on the conditions of surgery and sterilisation. |
| Sources | http://www.information.dk/476162 https://nun.gl/-/media/landslaegeembedet/sundhedsprofessionelle/groenlands-sundhedslovgivning/lov-om-ikraftsttelse-for-grnland-af-lov-om-sterilisation-og-kastration.pdf?la=da |
Revision History (14)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Redoing the entry.
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1 | Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Jun 12, 1975 |
| End Date | Sep 12, 2014 | May 25, 2016 |
| Description | No laws exists. Legalization pending. Missing non binary options on documents. | In 1975, Denmark’s Law on Castration and Sterilisation took effect in Greenland, allowing for legal gender recognition on the conditions of surgery and sterilisation. |
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| Sources | http://www.information.dk/476162 | http://www.information.dk/476162 https://nun.gl/-/media/landslaegeembedet/sundhedsprofessionelle/groenlands-sundhedslovgivning/lov-om-ikraftsttelse-for-grnland-af-lov-om-sterilisation-og-kastration.pdf?la=da |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Start Date | Sep 1, 2014 | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) | Sep 12, 2014 |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | No law exist to change gender. Only territory of Denmark that you cannot change your gender. | No laws exists. Legalization pending. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | No law exist to change gender. | No law exist to change gender. Only territory of Denmark that you cannot change your gender. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | No law exist. | No law exist to change gender. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | As being an island of Denmark. | No law exist. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Sep 1, 2014 |