Entry #2990: Right to change legal gender in Guyana

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Region	Guyana
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Illegal
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	There is no legal gender recognition provided in Guyana. Crossdressing was also criminalised until 2018.
Sources	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/

Revision History (15)

2 weeks ago

edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Not true since Venezuela and Paraguay don’t either.

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	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Description	Guyana is the only place in South America that does not allow legal gender change. Cross dressing was legalized in 2018.	There is no legal gender recognition provided in Guyana. Crossdressing was also criminalised until 2018.
Description	Show Difference Guyana is the only place in South America that does not allow legal gender change. Cross dressing was legalized in 2018. There is no legal gender recognition provided in Guyana. Crossdressing was also criminalised until 2018.

Jan 8, 2025

edited by Unknownmiles. fixing description

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Description	Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. People cannot legally change their gender in Guyana.	Guyana is the only place in South America that does not allow legal gender change. Cross dressing was legalized in 2018.
Description	Show Difference Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. People cannot legally change their gender in Guyana. Guyana is the only place in South America that does not allow legal gender change. Cross dressing was legalized in 2018.

Jul 14, 2023

edited by Notdog1996. Is not ambiguous

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Special Status	Ambiguous	Illegal
Description	Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018.	Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. People cannot legally change their gender in Guyana.
Description	Show Difference Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. 2018. People cannot legally change their gender in Guyana.

Dec 17, 2022

edited by Pizzaslices412653. Cross dressing legal since 2018

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Illegal	Ambiguous
Description	Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice.	Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018.
Description	Show Difference Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018.
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.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/
Sources	Show Difference 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.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/

Jul 15, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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Description	Only place in south America that criminalizes this.	Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice.
Description	Show Difference Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice.

Jul 7, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Illegal
Description	Not legal possible.	Only place in south America that criminalizes this.

Jun 30, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	Legal, no restrictions
Description	Not legal possible.	Not legal possible.

Feb 26, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Illegal
Description	No	Not legal possible.
Sources	No	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/

Oct 19, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, no restrictions
Description	Not funded by government.	No

Oct 15, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Illegal	Legal, but requires surgery
Description	No	Not funded by government.

Sep 3, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Illegal
Description	People do preform surgery there.	No

Feb 25, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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Value	Illegal	Legal, no restrictions
Description	No	People do preform surgery there.

Feb 12, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Illegal

Jan 23, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	Illegal	Legal, but requires surgery

Aug 3, 2016

created by Ausyk

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	Original entry
Status	Illegal
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	No
Sources	No