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| Region | Guinea-Bissau |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is no procedure in place to allow legal gender recognition for official documents. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/guinea-bissau/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding a source.
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| Sources | No laws, thus no source. | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/guinea-bissau/ |
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edited by Notdog1996. Wrong status
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Africa#cite_note-87 | No laws, thus no source. |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/guinea-bissau/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Africa#cite_note-87 |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | No laws in place. | There is no procedure in place to allow legal gender recognition for official documents. |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/guinea-bissau/ | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, no restrictions | Ambiguous |
| Description | Gender roles are not discussed there. | No laws in place. |
| Sources | No |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |