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| Region | Colombia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Jun 4, 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In response to two rulings of the Constitutional Court in 2015, the Colombian Government issued a decree on 4 June 2015 to simplify the process by which adults over 18 can legally change their gender. The decree, signed by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior, says the gender change is justified by a person's individual choice; it eliminates the requirement for psychiatric or physical examinations. |
| Sources | http://www.ibtimes.com/colombia-allows-transgender-community-change-sex-ids-without-physical-exams-1957412 https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/these-ten-trans-people-just-became-the-first-to-celebrate-co |
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| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Jun 4, 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In response to two rulings of the Constitutional Court in 2015, the Colombian Government issued a decree on 4 June 2015 to simplify the process by which adults over 18 can legally change their gender. The decree, signed by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior, says the gender change is justified by a person's individual choice; it eliminates the requirement for psychiatric or physical examinations. |
| Sources | http://www.ibtimes.com/colombia-allows-transgender-community-change-sex-ids-without-physical-exams-1957412 https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/these-ten-trans-people-just-became-the-first-to-celebrate-co |