Entry #2993: Right to change legal gender in Tanzania

Current Version

Region	Tanzania
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Illegal
Start Date	past
End Date	now
Description	No laws in place. Tanzania does not recognize transgender people.
Sources	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2021/05/07085134/rights-of-lgbt-persons-tanzania.pdf

Revision History (9)

Jul 14, 2023 Revision by Notdog1996. Not ambiguous

	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Value Special	Ambiguous	Illegal
Note	No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents.	No laws in place. Tanzania does not recognize transgender people.
Note	Show Difference No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents. Tanzania does not recognize transgender people.
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://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2021/05/07085134/rights-of-lgbt-persons-tanzania.pdf
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://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2021/05/07085134/rights-of-lgbt-persons-tanzania.pdf

Sep 11, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Value Special	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Note	No laws in place.	No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents.
Note	Show Difference No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents.

Jul 23, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, surgery not required	Illegal
Note	Not legally possible to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents.	No laws in place.
Note	Show Difference Not legally possible to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents. No laws in place.

Mar 5, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, surgery not required

Mar 5, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	Legal, but requires surgery
Note	Not legally possible	Not legally possible to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents.
Note	Show Difference Not legally possible to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents.

Feb 26, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Illegal
Note	Requires surgery and sterilization.	Not legally possible
Note	Show Difference Requires surgery and sterilization. Not legally possible
Sources	No	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/
Sources	Show Difference No https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/

Feb 25, 2018 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Note	No	Requires surgery and sterilization.
Note	Show Difference No Requires surgery and sterilization.

Nov 8, 2017 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Note	requires sterilization	No
Note	Show Difference requires sterilization No
Sources	transrespect.org	No
Sources	Show Difference transrespect.org No

Oct 16, 2016 Revision by Ausyk

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	Illegal	Legal, but requires surgery
Note	No	requires sterilization
Note	Show Difference No requires sterilization
Sources	No	transrespect.org
Sources	Show Difference No transrespect.org

Aug 3, 2016 Ausyk created this entry.