Entry #14775: Right to change legal gender in Lebanon

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RegionLebanon
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusIllegal
Start Date(unknown)
End DateJan 2016
DescriptionUntil 2016, trans people had no ability to change their legal gender in Lebanon. In 1992, a civil court even stated that allowing such would lead to a "disturbance in the fabric of the society".
Sourceshttps://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/08/tough-territory-transgender-people-middle-east-and-north-africa


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Original entry
StatusIllegal
Start Date(unknown)
End DateJan 2016
DescriptionUntil 2016, trans people had no ability to change their legal gender in Lebanon. In 1992, a civil court even stated that allowing such would lead to a "disturbance in the fabric of the society".
Sourceshttps://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/08/tough-territory-transgender-people-middle-east-and-north-africa