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| Region | Timor-Leste |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | May 20, 2002 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Transgender Timorese currently do not have the right to change their legal gender. The ability for Timorese to change their legal gender was not carried over after independence from Indonesia in 2002. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.australianvolunteers.com/assets/documents/Inclusion/Pride-guides/17.Timor-Leste_AVP-Pride-Guides.pdf |
Revision History (11)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date due to Indo.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | May 20, 2002 |
| Description | Transgender Timorese currently do not have the right to change their legal gender. | Transgender Timorese currently do not have the right to change their legal gender. The ability for Timorese to change their legal gender was not carried over after independence from Indonesia in 2002. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Improving description and adding another source.
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| Description | No right to change legal gender | Transgender Timorese currently do not have the right to change their legal gender. |
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| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.australianvolunteers.com/assets/documents/Inclusion/Pride-guides/17.Timor-Leste_AVP-Pride-Guides.pdf |
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edited by Antinousosiris
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | As part of Indonesia. Not preformed but recognized. Missing non binary options on documents. | No right to change legal gender |
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| Description | As part of Indonesia. Not preformed but recognized. | As part of Indonesia. Not preformed but recognized. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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- Status is not correct "citation provided states that it is not legally possible."
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | As part of Indonesia. | As part of Indonesia. Not preformed but recognized. |
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| Description | as a addition to the constitution. Not allowed to change gender on documents. Missing non binary option on documents. | As part of Indonesia. |
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| Description | as a addition to the constitution. Missing non binary option on documents. | as a addition to the constitution. Not allowed to change gender on documents. Missing non binary option on documents. |
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| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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| Description | as a addition to the constitution. | as a addition to the constitution. Missing non binary option on documents. |
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| Description | Church has a really big influence there. | as a addition to the constitution. |