Entry #4253: Right to change legal gender in Cameroon

Current Version

RegionCameroon
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusIllegal
Start Datepast
End Datenow
DescriptionGender marker change is not possible in Cameroon. Transgender and gender diverse people are de facto criminalised.
Sourceshttps://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf (page 27)


Revision History (7)

Revision by Markissik. Adding missing source and correcting the status

Old Value New Value (Current)
ValueIllegal
Value Specialambiguous
NoteUnknown. Gender marker change is not possible in Cameroon. Transgender and gender diverse people are de facto criminalised.
Sourceshttps://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf (page 27)

Revision by Ausyk

Old Value New Value
ValueLegal, surgery not required
Value Specialambiguous
Notelegal in all of Africa.Unknown.
SourcesNo

Revision by Ausyk

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ValueLegal, surgery not required
Value Specialambiguous
NoteNo information on this.legal in all of Africa.

Revision by Ausyk

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ValueIllegal
Value Specialambiguous
NoteNoNo information on this.

Revision by Ausyk

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ValueLegal, surgery not requiredIllegal
NoteNot prosecutedNo

Revision by Ausyk

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ValueIllegalLegal, surgery not required
NoteHomosexuality is illegal there.Not prosecuted

Revision by Ausyk

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NoteNoHomosexuality is illegal there.

Ausyk created this entry.