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| Region | Lesotho |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | 1973 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 22 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (1973) states that "In the event of a child, after being registered, either by operation or otherwise, changing from a female to a male or from a male to a female and such change is certified by a registered medical practitioner, the district registrar of the district in which the birth is registered shall, with the approval of the registrar and on the application of the parent or guardian of that child, alter the particulars of such child which appear in the births register." May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011. |
| Sources | https://commons.laws.africa/akn/ls/act/1973/22/media/publication/ls-act-1973-22-publication-document.pdf https://commons.laws.africa/akn/ls/act/2011/9/media/publication/ls-act-2011-9-publication-document.pdf https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lesotho-Gender-Marker-report.pdf |
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| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 1973 |
| Description | May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011. According to amendment of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs must amend the national register to provide for persons who have undergone “sex change operations” to change their “sex” identity marker on legal and identifying documents. | Article 22 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (1973) states that "In the event of a child, after being registered, either by operation or otherwise, changing from a female to a male or from a male to a female and such change is certified by a registered medical practitioner, the district registrar of the district in which the birth is registered shall, with the approval of the registrar and on the application of the parent or guardian of that child, alter the particulars of such child which appear in the births register." May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011. |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lesotho/ https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf | https://commons.laws.africa/akn/ls/act/1973/22/media/publication/ls-act-1973-22-publication-document.pdf https://commons.laws.africa/akn/ls/act/2011/9/media/publication/ls-act-2011-9-publication-document.pdf https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lesotho-Gender-Marker-report.pdf |
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edited by Notdog1996. It's ambiguous at best
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011. | May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011. According to amendment of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs must amend the national register to provide for persons who have undergone “sex change operations” to change their “sex” identity marker on legal and identifying documents. |
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| Sources | https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/lesotho/ https://www.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |
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edited by JordanB3047
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | In all of South Africa. Missing non binary options. | May possibly change gender under the National Identity Cards Act 9 of 2011. |
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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.southernafricalitigationcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Transgender-rights-in-Lesotho.pdf |
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| Description | In all of South Africa. | In all of South Africa. Missing non binary options. |
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- Status is not correct "It is not legal to change your gender marker in Lesotho."
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Not allowed to change documents. | In all of South Africa. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | Not allowed to change documents. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | Not allowed to change documents. surgery not required. | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Not allowed to change documents. | Not allowed to change documents. surgery not required. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Not allowed to change documents. |
| 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 | |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Cant change gender marker. | No |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Cant change gender marker. |