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| Region | Nigeria |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Transgender people are not able to change their legal gender, and crossdressing is illegal in 12 states in Northern Nigeria. |
| Sources | https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/11/1/i-feel-invisible-the-challenges-of-being-trans-in-nigeria |
| Federal Law | Yes |
Revision History (21)
edited by Unknownmiles. Replacing links and rewriting description
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| Description | Legally no way to change gender, crossdressing is illegal in 12 states in northern Nigeria. | Transgender people are not able to change their legal gender, and crossdressing is illegal in 12 states in Northern Nigeria. |
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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.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide | https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/11/1/i-feel-invisible-the-challenges-of-being-trans-in-nigeria |
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edited by Unknownmiles. setting as federal law
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Description | Legally no way to change gender, crossdressing is illegal in 12 states in northern Nigeria | Legally no way to change gender, crossdressing is illegal in 12 states in northern Nigeria. |
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edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Unknown. | Legally no way to change gender, crossdressing is illegal in 12 states in northern Nigeria |
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| Description | A woman came back to work after a sex change. Missing non binary options on documents. | Unknown. |
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- Status is not correct "The source cited says it is impossible to be legally sex-reassigned "
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, no restrictions | Ambiguous |
| Description | A woman came back to work after a sex change. Missing non binary options on documents. | A woman came back to work after a sex change. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Description | A woman came back to work after a sex change. | A woman came back to work after a sex change. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Description | A man came back to work after a sex change. | A woman came back to work after a sex change. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Not possible to change documents. | A man came back to work after a sex change. |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Not possible. | Not possible to change documents. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Not possible to change documents. | Not possible. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, but requires surgery | Ambiguous |
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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://www.forktip.com/lgbt-couple-safety-worldwide |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Not possible. | Not possible to change documents. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | Considered that homosexuality is illegal. most likely this is illegal too. lgbt topics and people are taboo. | Not possible. |
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| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
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| Description | No | Considered that homosexuality is illegal. most likely this is illegal too. lgbt topics and people are taboo. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Requires sterilization as well | No |
| Sources | transrespect.org | No |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | No | Requires sterilization as well |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |