Current Version
| Region | Djibouti |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Legal gender recognition, by which a government allows individuals to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity, is not available. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/djibouti/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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Revision History (10)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| End Date | -0001 | (NONE) |
| Description | Unknown. Missing non binary options on documents. | Legal gender recognition, by which a government allows individuals to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity, is not available. |
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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.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/djibouti/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "There is no non-binary gender recognition "
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Unknown. | Unknown. Missing non binary options on documents. |
| 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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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Surgery not required but is preformed. | Unknown. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Not prosecuted as far as I know. | No |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Not prosecuted as far as I know. |