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| Region | Uganda |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Mar 26, 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Uganda, transgender people do not have the ability to change their legal gender. However, in 2015, the Registration of the Persons Act was passed. Article 38 states that if an intersex child is registered as either male or female and then has an operation to change from "a female to a male or from a male to a female" then it is possible for the child's legal sex to be changed. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/uganda https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/UG%20-%20LEG%20-%20Registration%20of%20Persons%20Act%20(2015)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(en).pdf |
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edited by Unknownmiles. fixing exact wording of quote
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| Description | In Uganda, transgender people do not have the ability to change their legal gender. However, in 2015, the Registration of the Persons Act was passed. Article 38 states that if an intersex child is registered as either male or female and then has an operation to change from "a female to a male or a male to a female" then it is possible for the child's legal sex to be changed. | In Uganda, transgender people do not have the ability to change their legal gender. However, in 2015, the Registration of the Persons Act was passed. Article 38 states that if an intersex child is registered as either male or female and then has an operation to change from "a female to a male or from a male to a female" then it is possible for the child's legal sex to be changed. |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Replacing description and links
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| Description | In 2015, Uganda provided for gender recognition for intersex people who through operation changes from male to female or female to male. However, trans people remain unable to change their legal gender, and intersex people must identify as male or female. | In Uganda, transgender people do not have the ability to change their legal gender. However, in 2015, the Registration of the Persons Act was passed. Article 38 states that if an intersex child is registered as either male or female and then has an operation to change from "a female to a male or a male to a female" then it is possible for the child's legal sex to be changed. |
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| Federal Law | Yes | No |
| Sources | https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trans-uganda-gender-change/ https://ulii.org/akn/ug/act/2015/4/eng@2015-03-26#:~:text=%281%29%20This%20Act%20applies%20to%20the%20registration%20of,and%20the%20United%20Nations%20High%20Commissioner%20for%20Refugees. | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/uganda https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/UG%20-%20LEG%20-%20Registration%20of%20Persons%20Act%20(2015)%20-%20OR-OFF%20(en).pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. More information.
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| Description | Only people born as intersex could change their ID from male to female or female to male following surgery certified by a medical doctor. | In 2015, Uganda provided for gender recognition for intersex people who through operation changes from male to female or female to male. However, trans people remain unable to change their legal gender, and intersex people must identify as male or female. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
edited by Notdog1996. Adding entry, not unknown
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Mar 26, 2015 |
| Description | Unknown. | Only people born as intersex could change their ID from male to female or female to male following surgery certified by a medical doctor. |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trans-uganda-gender-change/ https://ulii.org/akn/ug/act/2015/4/eng@2015-03-26#:~:text=%281%29%20This%20Act%20applies%20to%20the%20registration%20of,and%20the%20United%20Nations%20High%20Commissioner%20for%20Refugees. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, no restrictions | Ambiguous |
| Description | Not possible to change gender on documents. | Unknown. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Not possible. | Not possible to change gender on documents. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Not possible. |
| Sources | www.hrw.org | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Homosexuality is still illegal there. | Only cant change gender marker. |