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| Region | Qatar |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | 1915 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Qatar, trans women can be arrested for the crime of "impersonating a woman". Such individuals are often deemed to be "violating public morality" or infringing "community protection" laws and, as such, police may detain them for up to six months without trial or charge, on this suspicion. While detained, authorities attempt to enforce conformity to local social norms of male appearance by requiring physical detransition, such as surgical removal of breast tissue. Detainees are required to attend conversion "therapy" upon release, according to information received by the BBC. Qatari authorities "categorically rejected" the reports by the trans women who detailed their experiences.[17 |
| Sources | http://internap.hrw.org/features/features/lgbt_laws/ wiki |
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Revision History (3)
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | N/A | Illegal |
| Description | No laws against crossdressing but changing genders aren’t recognized specifically. | In Qatar, trans women can be arrested for the crime of "impersonating a woman". Such individuals are often deemed to be "violating public morality" or infringing "community protection" laws and, as such, police may detain them for up to six months without trial or charge, on this suspicion. While detained, authorities attempt to enforce conformity to local social norms of male appearance by requiring physical detransition, such as surgical removal of breast tissue. Detainees are required to attend conversion "therapy" upon release, according to information received by the BBC. Qatari authorities "categorically rejected" the reports by the trans women who detailed their experiences.[17 |
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| Sources | http://internap.hrw.org/features/features/lgbt_laws/ | http://internap.hrw.org/features/features/lgbt_laws/ wiki |
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | N/A |
| Description | No laws against crossdressing but changing genders aren’t recognized specifically. | |
| Sources | http://internap.hrw.org/features/features/lgbt_laws/ |
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | 1915 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "It legal for some transsexuals"