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| Region | Aruba |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Nov 25, 2025 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is no legal gender recognition provided in Aruba. However, in a landmark case in November of 2025, the Court of First Instance of Aruba sided with a trans woman and ordered the Registrar of Civil Status to update her birth certificate to match her gender identity. This ruling only applies to the individual case and does not create an official legal pathway for others to change their legal gender in Aruba. |
| Sources | https://www.agtra.org/countries/aruba https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:OGEAA:2025:368 |
Revision History (11)
edited by Millusca. Adding additional context to the current legal status and the relatively recent court ruling
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Description | There is no legal gender recognition provided in Aruba. | There is no legal gender recognition provided in Aruba. However, in a landmark case in November of 2025, the Court of First Instance of Aruba sided with a trans woman and ordered the Registrar of Civil Status to update her birth certificate to match her gender identity. This ruling only applies to the individual case and does not create an official legal pathway for others to change their legal gender in Aruba. |
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| Sources | https://www.agtra.org/countries/aruba | https://www.agtra.org/countries/aruba https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:OGEAA:2025:368 |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Replacing Wikipedia.
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| Description | Legalization required under the 2018 IACHR ruling. no laws in place. | There is no legal gender recognition provided in Aruba. |
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| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Aruba | https://www.agtra.org/countries/aruba |
edited by Notdog1996
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Sources | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Aruba |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Legalization required under the 2018 IACHR ruling. | Legalization required under the 2018 IACHR ruling. no laws in place. |
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| Description | Legalization required under the 2018 AICHR ruling. | Legalization required under the 2018 IACHR ruling. |
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| Description | one of the many open-minded places in the Caribbean. | Legalization required under the 2018 AICHR ruling. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | one of the many open-minded places in the Caribbean. Not mutch information. | one of the many open-minded places in the Caribbean. |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | one of the many open-minded places in the Caribbean. | one of the many open-minded places in the Caribbean. Not mutch information. |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Illegal as far as I know. | one of the many open-minded places in the Caribbean. |