Entry #342: Right to change legal gender in Philippines

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RegionPhilippines
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusIllegal
Start Date2007
End Datenow
DescriptionFilipinos who undergo gender re-assignment surgery are not permitted to change their legal gender per a supreme court ruling in 2007. Individuals with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a very rare gender disorder, are permitted to change their gender. Changing gender pending.
Sourceshttp://www.abs-cbnnews.com/views-and-analysis/06/02/09/sex-change-and-sex-reassignment-katrina-legarda


Revision History (3)

Revision by Notdog1996. Not ambiguous, as CAH is different from being transgender

Old Value New Value (Current)
Value(REMOVED)Illegal
Special StatusAmbiguousIllegal

Revision by Pizzaslices412653

Old Value New Value
DescriptionFilipinos who undergo gender re-assignment surgery are not permitted to change their legal gender per a supreme court ruling in 2007. Individuals with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a very rare gender disorder, are permitted to change their gender Filipinos who undergo gender re-assignment surgery are not permitted to change their legal gender per a supreme court ruling in 2007. Individuals with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a very rare gender disorder, are permitted to change their gender. Changing gender pending.
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Filipinos who undergo gender re-assignment surgery are not permitted to change their legal gender per a supreme court ruling in 2007. Individuals with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a very rare gender disorder, are permitted to change their gender gender. Changing gender pending.

Revision by chae

Old Value (Original) New Value
ValueIllegal(REMOVED)
Special Status(REMOVED)Ambiguous
Reports (3)
  • Status is not correct "Filipinos who undergo gender re-assignment surgery are not permitted to change their legal gender per a supreme court ruling in 2007. Individuals with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a very rare gender disorder, are permitted to change their gender"
  • Status is not correct "It is not legal as per supreme court ruling has not been overruled https://web.archive.org/web/20130926051337/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/views-and-analysis/06/02/09/sex-change-and-sex-reassignment-katrina-legarda"
  • Status is not correct

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