Current Version
| Region | Belize |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is no legal gender recognition provided in Belize. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836409/table/Tab1/?report=objectonly |
| Federal Law | Yes |
Revision History (11)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing description.
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| Description | Full legalization required under 2018 IACHR ruling. Legalization pending. | There is no legal gender recognition provided in Belize. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
edited by Notdog1996
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| 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.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836409/table/Tab1/?report=objectonly |
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| Description | Full legalization required under 2018 IACHR ruling. | Full legalization required under 2018 IACHR ruling. Legalization pending. |
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Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "illegal is inaccurate. A person can change their name to anything, including female. GI is simply not recognize in law. "
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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| Description | No | Full legalization required under 2018 IACHR ruling. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Not clear. | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | Not clear. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Sources | transrespect.org | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No know laws. | No |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |