Current Version
| Region | Peru |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | May 2014 |
| End Date | Oct 15, 2016 |
| Description | The Peruvian constitutional court ruled in May of 2014 that changing ones gender on official documents was illegal. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20161221205200/http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-rejects-change-of-gender-for-transgender-individuals-on-national-identity-document-102891 |
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Revision History (3)
edited by jadeywadey. Added start date, fixed desc and fixed source
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| Start Date | (unknown) | May 2014 |
| Description | Legal change of gender is currently illegal | The Peruvian constitutional court ruled in May of 2014 that changing ones gender on official documents was illegal. |
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| Sources | http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-rejects-change-of-gender-for-transgender-individuals-on-national-identity-document-102891 | https://web.archive.org/web/20161221205200/http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-rejects-change-of-gender-for-transgender-individuals-on-national-identity-document-102891 |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Legal change of gender is currently illegal |
| Sources | http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-rejects-change-of-gender-for-transgender-individuals-on-national-identity-document-102891 |
Reports (11)
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/819683-tc-reconoce-derecho-de-transexuales-pedir-cambio-de-nombre-y-sexo-en-dni/"
- Newer law has been passed "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Peru#Gender_identity_and_expression"
- Sources are invalid or broken "http://sinetiquetas.org/2016/11/08/peru-tribunal-constitucional-reconoce-derecho-la-identidad-genero/ Spanish source, but accurate - current source says transition still illegal"
- Status is not correct "This is now legal under the constitutional court of Peru"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Some people changes their genres and I think it takes 3 months for RENIEC to accept it."
- Status is not correct