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| Region | Guyana |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Guyana is the only place in South America that does not allow legal gender change. Cross dressing was legalized in 2018. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/ |
Revision History (14)
edited by Unknownmiles. fixing description
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| Description | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. People cannot legally change their gender in Guyana. | Guyana is the only place in South America that does not allow legal gender change. Cross dressing was legalized in 2018. |
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edited by Notdog1996. Is not ambiguous
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. People cannot legally change their gender in Guyana. |
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edited by Pizzaslices412653. Cross dressing legal since 2018
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. Decriminalized cross dressing in 2018. |
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| 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.pinknews.co.uk/2017/03/26/transgender-activists-in-guyana-are-fighting-against-archaic-laws/ |
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| Description | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | Not legal possible. | Only place in south America that criminalizes this. |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Not legal possible. | Not legal possible. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | No | Not legal possible. |
| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Not funded by government. | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Not funded by government. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | People do preform surgery there. | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No | People do preform surgery there. |