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| Region | Seychelles |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | The law and practices do not allow for persons to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity. The option to identify as nonbinary, intersex, or gender-nonconforming was not available. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/seychelles |
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Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | one of the few countries that changes document to the persons gender. | The law and practices do not allow for persons to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity. The option to identify as nonbinary, intersex, or gender-nonconforming was not available. |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/seychelles | |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | one of the few countries that changes document to the persons gender. |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/13209/Seychellois+files+case+at+UN+Human+Rights+Commission+in+gender+identity+case"