Current Version
| Region | Namibia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Oct 16, 1974 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Trans people can change their legal gender based on a clause from the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963 under an amendment passed in 1974. It was reported in 2015 that applications for change of sex are done on a case-by-case basis and are not problematic, as long as a person can provide medical reports of their sex change, which includes undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Once the application is granted, a transgender person can apply for a new identity document and passport. |
| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf https://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Births,%20Marriages%20and%20Deaths%20Registration%20Act%2081%20of%201963.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date.
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| Start Date | 1963 | Oct 16, 1974 |
| Description | Trans people can change their legal gender based on a clause from the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963. It was reported in 2015 that applications for change of sex are done on a case-by-case basis and are not problematic, as long as a person can provide medical reports of their sex change, which includes undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Once the application is granted, a transgender person can apply for a new identity document and passport. | Trans people can change their legal gender based on a clause from the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963 under an amendment passed in 1974. It was reported in 2015 that applications for change of sex are done on a case-by-case basis and are not problematic, as long as a person can provide medical reports of their sex change, which includes undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Once the application is granted, a transgender person can apply for a new identity document and passport. |
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| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf https://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoSTAT/Births,%20Marriages%20and%20Deaths%20Registration%20Act%2081%20of%201963.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Bye bye Wikipedia source.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | 1963 |
| Description | It was reported in 2015 that applications for change of sex are done on a case-by-case basis and are not problematic, as long as a person can provide medical reports of their sex change, which includes undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Once the application is granted, a transgender person can apply for a new identity document and passport. | Trans people can change their legal gender based on a clause from the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963. It was reported in 2015 that applications for change of sex are done on a case-by-case basis and are not problematic, as long as a person can provide medical reports of their sex change, which includes undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Once the application is granted, a transgender person can apply for a new identity document and passport. |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Namibia#cite_note-transgender-21 | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Nambia.pdf |
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edited by Antinousosiris
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Missing non binary options on documents. Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963. | It was reported in 2015 that applications for change of sex are done on a case-by-case basis and are not problematic, as long as a person can provide medical reports of their sex change, which includes undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Once the application is granted, a transgender person can apply for a new identity document and passport. |
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| Sources | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Namibia#cite_note-transgender-21 | |
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| Description | Allowed to change gender on documents. Missing non binary options on documents. Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963. | Missing non binary options on documents. Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963. |
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| Sources | No | |
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| Description | Allowed to change gender on documents. Missing non binary options on documents. | Allowed to change gender on documents. Missing non binary options on documents. Under the Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration Act 81 of 1963. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No | Allowed to change gender on documents. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, but requires surgery | Ambiguous |
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| Description | Requires sterilization | No |
| Sources | transrespect.org | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Requires sterilization |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |