Entry #2716: Right to change legal gender in Myanmar

Current Version

Region	Myanmar
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Illegal
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	Myanmar does not allow individuals to change the gender assigned to them at birth.
Sources	https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/myanmar-transgender-people-lgbt-colors-rainbow-equality

Revision History (18)

4 days ago

edited by jadeywadey. federal law not needed anymore, all subregions inherit.

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	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Federal Law	Yes	No

Feb 24, 2025

edited by jadeywadey. set as federal law

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	Old Value	New Value
Federal Law	No	Yes

Jun 22, 2022

edited by beeurd

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Nationwide	Myanmar does not allow individuals to change the gender assigned to them at birth.
Description	Show Difference Nationwide Myanmar does not allow individuals to change the gender assigned to them at birth.
Sources	https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/myanmar-transgender-people-lgbt-colors-rainbow-equality	https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/myanmar-transgender-people-lgbt-colors-rainbow-equality
Sources	Show Difference https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/myanmar-transgender-people-lgbt-colors-rainbow-equality https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/myanmar-transgender-people-lgbt-colors-rainbow-equality

Feb 12, 2022

edited by bubblyara

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Special Status	Ambiguous	Illegal
Description	No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents.	Nationwide
Sources	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide	https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/myanmar-transgender-people-lgbt-colors-rainbow-equality
Sources	Show Difference https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/02/myanmar-transgender-people-lgbt-colors-rainbow-equality

Sep 11, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Unknown.	No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents.

Sep 2, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	Not preformed in the country.	Unknown.

Aug 17, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Legal, no restrictions	Ambiguous

Jun 21, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal, no restrictions
Special Status	Ambiguous	Legal, no restrictions
Description	Not legally possible.	Not preformed in the country.

Reports (1)
Status is not correct "Not legal and not recognized"
Jul 22, 2018

Jun 14, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Illegal	Ambiguous

Apr 19, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Special Status	Ambiguous	Illegal
Description	Impossible to change gender on documents.	Not legally possible.

Mar 29, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Illegal	Ambiguous

Mar 16, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Special Status	Ambiguous	Illegal
Sources	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide
Sources	Show Difference https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide

Mar 9, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Illegal	Ambiguous
Description	Impossible.	Impossible to change gender on documents.

Feb 26, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Special Status	Ambiguous	Illegal
Description	unknown.	Impossible.
Sources	No	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/

Jan 29, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	(REMOVED)
Special Status	Legal, no restrictions	Ambiguous
Description	they don't provide sex change there.	unknown.
Sources	https://76crimes.com/2015/08/31/how-lgbt-burmese-see-themselves-plus-singapore-indonesia/	No

Dec 28, 2016

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	Legal, no restrictions
Description	No	they don't provide sex change there.
Sources	No	https://76crimes.com/2015/08/31/how-lgbt-burmese-see-themselves-plus-singapore-indonesia/

Dec 28, 2016

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Illegal
Description	they don't provide sex change there.	No
Sources	https://76crimes.com/2015/08/31/how-lgbt-burmese-see-themselves-plus-singapore-indonesia/	No

Jul 28, 2016

created by Ausyk

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	Original entry
Status	Illegal
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	No
Sources	No