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| Region | Papua New Guinea |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | No laws in place. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/papua-new-guinea/ |
Revision History (16)
edited by Notdog1996. Wrong status
Helpful?
1 | Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Legal gender recognition is not available. | No laws in place. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Unknown. | Legal gender recognition is not available. |
| 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.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/papua-new-guinea/ |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, no restrictions | Ambiguous |
| Description | Preformed in Indonesia. | Unknown. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No | Preformed in Indonesia. |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "As a Papua New Guinean, I can confirm that this is not the case and changing gender markers is not permitted."
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Not legally possible because it is ultra religious. sex change is legal? Homosexuality is not accepted yet. | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Not legally possible because it is ultra religious. sex change is legal? | Not legally possible because it is ultra religious. sex change is legal? Homosexuality is not accepted yet. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Not legally possible because it is ultra religious. | Not legally possible because it is ultra religious. sex change is legal? |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2007 | (unknown) |
| Description | No information on this. | Not legally possible because it is ultra religious. |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, no restrictions |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | No information on this. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Documents can be corrected there. | No |
| Sources | books.google.ca | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Start Date | (unknown) | Jan 1, 2007 |
| Sources | No | books.google.ca |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Documents can be corrected there. |