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| Region | Haiti |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Legal gender change is illegal in Haiti. Activists have campaigned for legislation in recent years. |
| Sources | https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112312 |
Revision History (8)
edited by PersianArchitecture. removing unneccesary ilga source
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| Description | You cannot legally change your gender in Haiti. | Legal gender change is illegal in Haiti. Activists have campaigned for legislation in recent years. |
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| Sources | https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112312 https://database.ilga.org/haiti-lgbti | https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112312 |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Gender change in Haiti is illegal
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2016 | (unknown) |
| Description | Missing non binary options. | You cannot legally change your gender in Haiti. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112312 https://database.ilga.org/haiti-lgbti |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Not Possible but required to be fully legalize under 2018 IACHR ruling. | Missing non binary options. |
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Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112312
In Haiti, there are no real laws protecting transgender people and this means we are often faced with difficult situations. For example, I am a very active trans woman and yet, legally, I am still not able to make changes in my official documents. The male gender still appears on my documents. "
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | No | Not Possible but required to be fully legalize under 2018 IACHR ruling. |
| 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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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | requires sterilization | No |
| Sources | transrespect.org | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | don't know | requires sterilization |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |