Entry #4457: Right to change legal gender in Egypt

Original entry by Ausyk (Aug 10, 2016)

Region	Egypt
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Legal, surgery not required
Start Date	past
End Date	now
Description	Missing non binary options.
Sources	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/

14. Revision #9783 (Jul 8, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value (Current)	Old Value
Note	Missing non binary options.	Not criminalized.

13. Revision #7606 (Apr 22, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Note	Not criminalized.	Preformed but not legally possible because of attitude towards lgbt community. as well government sometime arrests people who preform the service.

12. Revision #7605 (Apr 22, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Legal, surgery not required	Illegal

11. Revision #6830 (Mar 18, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Illegal	Legal, but requires surgery

10. Revision #6828 (Mar 18, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Legal, surgery not required
Note	Preformed but not legally possible because of attitude towards lgbt community. as well government sometime arrests people who preform the service.	Not legally possible to change gender on documents. Sex change legal. not required.

9. Revision #6452 (Mar 8, 2018 by Ausyk)

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

8. Revision #6360 (Mar 7, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery
Value Special		ambiguous

7. Revision #6353 (Mar 6, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value		Legal, but requires surgery
Value Special	ambiguous
Note	Not legally possible to change gender on documents. Sex change legal. not required.	Not legally possible to change gender on documents.

6. Revision #6180 (Mar 1, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery	Illegal
Note	Not legally possible to change gender on documents.	Not legally possible.

5. Revision #6101 (Feb 26, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Illegal	Legal, but requires surgery
Note	Not legally possible.	Requires sterilization. Sterilization Ruled illegal by EU. Surgery legal.
Sources	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/	transrespect.org

4. Revision #5608 (Jan 30, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Legal, but requires surgery
Value Special		ambiguous

3. Revision #5033 (Dec 24, 2017 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value		Legal, but requires surgery
Value Special	ambiguous
Note	Requires sterilization. Sterilization Ruled illegal by EU. Surgery legal.	Requires sterilization

2. Revision #1178 (Oct 24, 2016 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Note	Requires sterilization	And sterilization

1. Revision #1053 (Oct 16, 2016 by Ausyk)

Other. "Since homosexuality is illegal and the egyptian government fights it, this info seems strange"
Aug 17, 2017
Status is not correct.
Jun 16, 2018
Status is not correct. "Currently only intersex people have a right to change their gender. Cisgender people cannot change their gender in egypt right now"
Dec 10, 2018
Status is not correct. "Illegal"
Jan 6, 2019
L'estat no és correcte. "Source says: No legal provisions allow a change in gender. Some countries are so strict that wearing clothing not associated with the sex assigned at birth is criminalized."
Feb 19, 2019