Current Version
| Region | United Arab Emirates |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Sep 6, 2019 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is no longer a right to change one’s legal gender. |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/07/uae-stop-policing-gender-expression |
Revision History (5)
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | You cannot change your legal gender anymore ): | There is no longer a right to change one’s legal gender. |
Reports (1)
- Note field is incorrect "There was never a right to change your gender to begin with."
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | You cannot change your legal gender anymore ): | |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/07/uae-stop-policing-gender-expression |
Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "Medical cases that are approved allow gender changes"
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (5)
- Newer law has been passed "Article 7 of Federal Decree No. 4 of 2016 legalised gender reassignment surgeries if a person
(a) suffers from gender dysphoria and (b) is provided mental health care to psychologically prepare them for the gender reassignment surgery."
- All information is correct, just adding sources
- Status is not correct "Changing gender is legal via sexchnage"
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed "New UAE law allows gender reassignment surgery- The National http://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/new-uae-law-allows-gender-reassignment-surgery"