Current Version
| Region | Tanzania |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | No laws in place. Tanzania does not recognize transgender people. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2021/05/07085134/rights-of-lgbt-persons-tanzania.pdf |
Revision History (10)
edited by Notdog1996. Not ambiguous
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0 | Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents. | No laws in place. Tanzania does not recognize transgender people. |
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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://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2021/05/07085134/rights-of-lgbt-persons-tanzania.pdf |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | No laws in place. | No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | Not legally possible to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents. | No laws in place. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Not legally possible | Not legally possible to change documents. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Not legally possible |
| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | requires sterilization | No |
| Sources | transrespect.org | No |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | requires sterilization |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |