Current Version
| Region | Brazil |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
| End Date | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Description | Until 2018, surgery was required to change your legal gender in Brazil. |
| Sources | http://www.jurisway.org.br/v2/dhall.asp?id_dh=9900 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/brasil-faz-duas-cirurgias-de-mudanca-de-sexo-cada-dia-9325203 http://www.sintese.com/doutrina_integra.asp?id=1246 http://jus.com.br/artigos/3375/cirurgia-para-mudanca-de-sexo-o-novo-codigo-civil-proibe http://www.ambitojuridico.com.br/site/index.php?n_link=revista_artigos_leitura&artigo_id=2623 |
| Federal Law | Yes |
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Revision History (3)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| End Date | (none) | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Description | Until 2018, surgery was required to change your legal gender in Brazil. |
Reports (1)
- Date is incorrect "It's since 2015"
created by celoafonso
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0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://www.jurisway.org.br/v2/dhall.asp?id_dh=9900 http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/brasil-faz-duas-cirurgias-de-mudanca-de-sexo-cada-dia-9325203 http://www.sintese.com/doutrina_integra.asp?id=1246 http://jus.com.br/artigos/3375/cirurgia-para-mudanca-de-sexo-o-novo-codigo-civil-proibe http://www.ambitojuridico.com.br/site/index.php?n_link=revista_artigos_leitura&artigo_id=2623 |
Reports (32)
- Status is not correct "Surgery is not required for changing gender in Brazil"
- Status is not correct "surgery is not required.
https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/brasil/2019-11-29/mudanca-de-genero-saiba-como-usar-o-nome-social-nos-documentos.html"
- Status is not correct "Surgery is not required to change legal gender since 2018. Trans people also do not need to see doctors be able to change their gender. PROVIMENTO N. 73, DE 28 DE JUNHO DE 2018."
- Status is not correct "surgery is not required in order to change your legal gender anymore"
- Status is not correct "The Supreme Court has removed the need for surgery to change the legal gender for adults since March 2018.
Sources: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/14/brazil-boosts-transgender-legal-recognition
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/03/1958832-brazils-supreme-court-authorizes-gender-modifications-on-civil-registry-without-undergoing-sex-change.shtml"
- Status is not correct "The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled no reassignment surgery or petition needed to change name on the ID card.
see the RE 670.422 decision on 2018."
- Status is not correct "The right to change name and gender doesn't require surgery according to the Supreme Court. Source:https://www.conjur.com.br/2018-ago-15/stf-define-tese-autorizando-pessoa-trans-mudar-nome-cirurgia"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Surgery is not required"
- Status is not correct "Does not require surgery."
- Status is not correct "Surgery is no longer required"
- Status is not correct "Did require surgery anymore"
- Status is not correct "It does not require surgery anymore "
- Status is not correct "Surgery is not required; only gender identity is sufficient"
- Status is not correct "Surgery is NOT REQUERID after decision by Supreme Court"
- Status is not correct "It no longer requires surgery since 2018"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Surgery note required"
- Status is not correct "In last year, STF (Brazilian Supreme Court) has approved the change legal gender without surgery. "
- Status is not correct "no surgery required"
- Status is not correct "In 2018 the brazilian supreme court (STF) ruled that anyone can legally change their name and gender without the need of any surgery, medical diagnosis or subject their decisions to judicial review.
Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/14/brazil-boosts-transgender-legal-recognition
http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=371085"
- Status is not correct "You dont need a cirurgy to gender change. "
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "In March 2018, the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that transgender people have the right to change name and sex on their birth certificate without the need of sexual reassignment surgery or doctor letters. The change can be made at a notary's office now."
- Status is not correct "Not required since 2018"
- Newer law has been passed "March 2018
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/03/03/brazil-transgender-groups-welcome-landmark-court-rulings/"
- Status is not correct "Brazil does not require surgery for gender transition. Decision by Supreme Court on january 2018"
- Status is not correct "Since 2018, no requires surgery"
- Status is not correct "Since feb., 2018, there is no need to make the surgery - decision of the Supreme Court."
- Status is not correct "[03/01/2018] The Federal Supreme Court (STF) has considered it possible to change the name and gender in the civil registry seat even without performing a surgical procedure of sex reassignment. The decision occurred in the judgment of the Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) 4275. Link to the news: http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=371085"
- Status is not correct "Supreme court approved in March 2018 the right to change your legal gender without surgery"
- Status is not correct "http://jota.info/justica/transexual-pode-alterar-registro-civil-sem-cirurgia-de-mudanca-de-sexo-11102016"