Current Version
| Region | Algeria |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | "Acts that violate public decency," often interpreted to include gender non-conformity, are banned by the current edition of the 1966 penal code under articles 333, and 338. There is no legal recognition of trans people on official documents. |
| Sources | https://wipolex-res.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/ar/dz/dz027ar.pdf#page12 https://database.ilga.org/algeria-lgbti |
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Revision History (10)
edited by Unknownmiles. Removing unnecessary date and adding link
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| Start Date | Jun 8, 1966 | (NONE) |
| Description | "Acts that violate public decency," often interpreted to include gender non-conformity, are banned by the current edition of the 1966 penal code under articles 333, and 338. There is no legal recognition of trans people on official documents. | "Acts that violate public decency," often interpreted to include gender non-conformity, are banned by the current edition of the 1966 penal code under articles 333, and 338. There is no legal recognition of trans people on official documents. |
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| Sources | https://wipolex-res.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/ar/dz/dz027ar.pdf#page12 | https://wipolex-res.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/ar/dz/dz027ar.pdf#page12 https://database.ilga.org/algeria-lgbti |
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| Description | "Acts that violate public decency," often interpreted to include gender non-conformity, are banned by the Algerian panel code of 1966 under articles 333(modified), 333(renewed), 338. There is no legal recognition of trans people on official documents. | "Acts that violate public decency," often interpreted to include gender non-conformity, are banned by the current edition of the 1966 penal code under articles 333, and 338. There is no legal recognition of trans people on official documents. |
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| Description | All “acts that violate public decency” in the definition of decency in algerian society is banned by the Algerian panel code of 1966 under articles 333(modified), 333(renewed), 338 | "Acts that violate public decency," often interpreted to include gender non-conformity, are banned by the Algerian panel code of 1966 under articles 333(modified), 333(renewed), 338. There is no legal recognition of trans people on official documents. |
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edited by thatgirl. the change adds the date and description of the law that lead for the criminalization of gender changing in algeria
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| Start Date | (NONE) | Jun 8, 1966 |
| Description | under cross-dressing. | All “acts that violate public decency” in the definition of decency in algerian society is banned by the Algerian panel code of 1966 under articles 333(modified), 333(renewed), 338 |
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| Sources | http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/09/randa.algeria.transsexual.lebanon/index.html | https://wipolex-res.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/ar/dz/dz027ar.pdf#page12 |
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Reports (1)
- All information is correct, just adding sources "Gender changing should be legal to people with medical reasons like :"intersex people" they exist and live with bodies they did not choose ,it is not haram cause they were born this way therefore they get to change their gender and live a peaceful life "
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | No information on this. | Not possible. |
| Sources | No | http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/09/randa.algeria.transsexual.lebanon/index.html |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | No information on this. |