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| Region | Guinea |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There are no procedures in place for legal gender recognition in Guinea. Additionally, transgender people are often arrested in “compassionate incarcerations” to “protect” them from violence while in practice, they are placed in prisons not matching their gender identity, leading to high rates of sexual violence. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/guinea/ |
Revision History (9)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding source and more info.
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| Description | No laws allowing a legal gender change. | There are no procedures in place for legal gender recognition in Guinea. Additionally, transgender people are often arrested in “compassionate incarcerations” to “protect” them from violence while in practice, they are placed in prisons not matching their gender identity, leading to high rates of sexual violence. |
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| Sources | No laws, thus no source. | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/guinea/ |
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edited by Notdog1996. Wrong status
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Unknown. | No laws allowing a legal gender change. |
| Sources | No laws, thus no source. |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Homosexuality is very taboo. | Unknown. |
| Sources | No |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | Missing non binary options. | Homosexuality is very taboo. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | It is not prosecuted there | No |
| Sources | www.google.ca | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | It is not prosecuted there |