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| Region | South Africa |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1974 |
| End Date | Mar 15, 2004 |
| Description | The 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. |
| Sources | https://notchesblog.com/2017/11/07/the-colonial-conundrum-of-transsexuality-in-south-africa/ |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1974 |
| End Date | Mar 15, 2004 |
| Description | The 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. |
| Sources | https://notchesblog.com/2017/11/07/the-colonial-conundrum-of-transsexuality-in-south-africa/ |