Current Version
| Region | Kenya |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Description | not allowed |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20140606193855/http://www.kenyalaw.org/Downloads/GreyBook/8.%20The%20Penal%20Code.pdf |
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Revision History (16)
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| End Date | (NONE) | Jul 26, 2022 |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Legal gender change is possible, but usually requires surgery. | not allowed |
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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://outrightinternational.org/region/kenya | https://web.archive.org/web/20140606193855/http://www.kenyalaw.org/Downloads/GreyBook/8.%20The%20Penal%20Code.pdf |
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Reports (3)
- Sources are invalid or broken
- Status is not correct "https://resourcehub.eathan.org/index.php/legal-gender-recognition-lgr/ see article re Kenya by East African Trans Network, 2019 status"
- Status is not correct
edited by JordanB3047
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | According to Outright Action International. | Legal gender change is possible, but usually requires surgery. |
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edited by LGBT_southeastasian
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "In Kenya you need to undergo gender-affirming surgery - bottom surgery to have your legal gender change"
edited by LGBT_southeastasian
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | No laws in place so far. | According to Outright Action International. |
| 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://outrightinternational.org/region/kenya |
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edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Requires permission by doctors. Missing non binary options on documents. | No laws in place so far. |
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| Description | Requires permission by doctors. | Requires permission by doctors. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Description | Requires permission by doctors. Not allowed to change documents. | Requires permission by doctors. |
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| Sources | http://www.dw.com/en/gender-identity-in-kenya-the-other-sex/a-17066591 | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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| Description | Requires permission by doctors. | Requires permission by doctors. Not allowed to change documents. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Unknown. | Requires permission by doctors. |
| Sources | No | http://www.dw.com/en/gender-identity-in-kenya-the-other-sex/a-17066591 |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | requires sterilization |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |