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| Region | Tuvalu |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | No laws allowing the legal change of gender, despite transgenderism being ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina". |
| Sources | Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act: https://tuvalu-legislation.tv/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1966/1966-0015/1966-0015.pdf |
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| Description | No laws allowing the legal change of gender, despite transgenderism being ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina". | No laws allowing the legal change of gender, despite transgenderism being ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina". |
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| Sources | No laws, thus no source. | Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act: https://tuvalu-legislation.tv/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1966/1966-0015/1966-0015.pdf |
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edited by Notdog1996. Wrong status
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | transgenderism is ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina", the identity of these people is recognized. | No laws allowing the legal change of gender, despite transgenderism being ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina". |
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| Sources | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binabinaaine | No laws, thus no source. |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | Legal gender recognition, by which the government allows individuals to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity, is not available. | transgenderism is ingrained in Tuvalu culture under the term "Binabinaina", the identity of these people is recognized. |
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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.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/tuvalu/ | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binabinaaine |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents. | Legal gender recognition, by which the government allows individuals to change their gender identity marker on legal and identifying documents to bring them into alignment with their gender identity, is not available. |
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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.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/tuvalu/ |
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| Description | Unknown. | No laws in place. Missing non binary options on documents. |
| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | No information. |