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Current Version
| Region | Perlis |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Changing Legal gender is illegal in all of Malaysia, including Perlis. Muslim Transsexuals can be fined 1000RM or a year imprisonment for conducting sex reassignment surgery. As well as 3 years in prison + mandatory counselling for crossdressing alone. |
| Sources | https://www.newmandala.org/tackling-sex-re-assignment-surgery-malaysia/ |
Revision History (4)
edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Description | Changing Legal gender is illegal in all of Malaysia, including Perlis.Muslim Transsexuals can be fined 1000RM or a year imprisonment for conducting sex reassignment surgery. As well as 3 years in prison + mandatory counselling for crossdressing alone. | Changing Legal gender is illegal in all of Malaysia, including Perlis. Muslim Transsexuals can be fined 1000RM or a year imprisonment for conducting sex reassignment surgery. As well as 3 years in prison + mandatory counselling for crossdressing alone. |
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edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | Missing non binary options on documents. | Changing Legal gender is illegal in all of Malaysia, including Perlis.Muslim Transsexuals can be fined 1000RM or a year imprisonment for conducting sex reassignment surgery. As well as 3 years in prison + mandatory counselling for crossdressing alone. |
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| Sources | https://www.newmandala.org/tackling-sex-re-assignment-surgery-malaysia/ | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No laws in place. | Missing non binary options on documents. |
| Sources | No |