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| Region | El Salvador |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | 2022 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is no legal gender recognition procedure. However, some exceptions have been documented in 2022. In 2022 the Supreme Court ordered the legislative assembly to create a procedure but they failed to do so within the deadline and still have not. |
| Sources | https://agenciapresentes.org/2022/09/16/por-primera-vez-una-persona-trans-de-el-salvador-pudo-cambiar-su-nombre-y-sexo-en-el-documento/ https://www.infobae.com/lgbt/2022/09/03/hombre-trans-salvadoreno-logro-cambiar-su-nombre-conforme-su-identidad-y-genero/ http://www.nodal.am/2017/05/salvador-la-corte-suprema-acepta-hombre-tenga-nombre-mujer/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/el-salvador/ - Section 6 |
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edited by jadeywadey. added detail to desc and sources
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| Description | There is no legal gender recognition procedure. However, some exceptions have been documented in 2022. | There is no legal gender recognition procedure. However, some exceptions have been documented in 2022. In 2022 the Supreme Court ordered the legislative assembly to create a procedure but they failed to do so within the deadline and still have not. |
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| Sources | https://agenciapresentes.org/2022/09/16/por-primera-vez-una-persona-trans-de-el-salvador-pudo-cambiar-su-nombre-y-sexo-en-el-documento/ https://www.infobae.com/lgbt/2022/09/03/hombre-trans-salvadoreno-logro-cambiar-su-nombre-conforme-su-identidad-y-genero/ http://www.nodal.am/2017/05/salvador-la-corte-suprema-acepta-hombre-tenga-nombre-mujer/ | https://agenciapresentes.org/2022/09/16/por-primera-vez-una-persona-trans-de-el-salvador-pudo-cambiar-su-nombre-y-sexo-en-el-documento/ https://www.infobae.com/lgbt/2022/09/03/hombre-trans-salvadoreno-logro-cambiar-su-nombre-conforme-su-identidad-y-genero/ http://www.nodal.am/2017/05/salvador-la-corte-suprema-acepta-hombre-tenga-nombre-mujer/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/el-salvador/ - Section 6 |
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| Value | Illegal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Illegal | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2017 | 2022 |
| Description | transgender people can change their name. sex change not legal. | There is no legal gender recognition procedure. However, some exceptions have been documented in 2022. |
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| Sources | http://www.nodal.am/2017/05/salvador-la-corte-suprema-acepta-hombre-tenga-nombre-mujer/ | https://agenciapresentes.org/2022/09/16/por-primera-vez-una-persona-trans-de-el-salvador-pudo-cambiar-su-nombre-y-sexo-en-el-documento/ https://www.infobae.com/lgbt/2022/09/03/hombre-trans-salvadoreno-logro-cambiar-su-nombre-conforme-su-identidad-y-genero/ http://www.nodal.am/2017/05/salvador-la-corte-suprema-acepta-hombre-tenga-nombre-mujer/ |
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edited by Notdog1996
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| End Date | Jan 29, 2018 | (none) |