Entry #12447: Right to change legal gender in South Africa

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RegionSouth Africa
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start DateOct 16, 1974
End DateSep 30, 1992
DescriptionThe Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 51 of 1974 provided the legal foundation for—ostensibly white—South Africans who had “undergone a change of sex” to alter their “sex description” in the country’s birth register.
Sourceshttps://notchesblog.com/2017/11/07/the-colonial-conundrum-of-transsexuality-in-south-africa/
https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/GQ%20-%20LEG%20-%20Military%20Penal%20Code%20-%20OR-OFF(es).pdf


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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Revoked in 1992.

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End DateMar 15, 2004Sep 30, 1992

edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start date.

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Start DateJan 1, 1974Oct 16, 1974
Sourceshttps://notchesblog.com/2017/11/07/the-colonial-conundrum-of-transsexuality-in-south-africa/https://notchesblog.com/2017/11/07/the-colonial-conundrum-of-transsexuality-in-south-africa/
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Original entry
StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start DateJan 1, 1974
End DateMar 15, 2004
DescriptionThe Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 51 of 1974 provided the legal foundation for—ostensibly white—South Africans who had “undergone a change of sex” to alter their “sex description” in the country’s birth register.
Sourceshttps://notchesblog.com/2017/11/07/the-colonial-conundrum-of-transsexuality-in-south-africa/