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| Region | Honduras |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Transgender people have not been legally recognized. In 2019, five LGBTI rights defenders filed an unconstitutional appeal against the National Registry of Persons Act on the grounds that there is no procedure for them to request or effect a name change in accordance with their perceived identity. The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.latribuna.hn/2022/05/18/rnp-cambiara-nombre-a-personas-transexuales/ |
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Revision History (12)
edited by Notdog1996. It is illegal, not ambiguous
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | No laws in place. Required legalization. Missing non binary options on documents. | Transgender people have not been legally recognized. In 2019, five LGBTI rights defenders filed an unconstitutional appeal against the National Registry of Persons Act on the grounds that there is no procedure for them to request or effect a name change in accordance with their perceived identity. The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). |
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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.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.latribuna.hn/2022/05/18/rnp-cambiara-nombre-a-personas-transexuales/ |
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| Description | Not allowed to change documents . Required legalization. Missing non binary options on documents. | No laws in place. Required legalization. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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- Other "Transgender people have not been legally recognized.
In 2019, five LGBTI rights defenders filed an unconstitutional appeal against the National Registry of Persons Act on the grounds that there is no procedure for them to request or effect a name change in accordance with their perceived identity. The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)."
- Newer law has been passed "since may 2022 vname change is possible, however it is not possible to change gender https://www.latribuna.hn/2022/05/18/rnp-cambiara-nombre-a-personas-transexuales/
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- Note field is incorrect "not legal is more accurate since there are no laws to allow the right to change legal gender"
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Not allowed to change documents . Required legalization. | Not allowed to change documents . Required legalization. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Not allowed to change documents . | Not allowed to change documents . Required legalization. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Legalization pending. | Not allowed to change documents . |
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| Sources | www.hrw.org | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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| Description | Only allowed to change gender marker. | Legalization pending. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | allowed to change gender marker. | Only allowed to change gender marker. |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Dont know | allowed to change gender marker. |
| Sources | No | www.hrw.org |