In October 2024, the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2024 was passed, recognising non-binary gender in New South Wales law for the first time and allowing individuals to update their documents.

Changing legal gender is a state/territory matter. From 2025, all states and territories now allow their residents to change their official gender on their marker without surgery.

The Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court ruled to dismiss part of a law requiring people to undergo gender-affirmation surgery, including sterilization, in order to officially change their gender. Court said the requirements are “unconstitutional” and “in conflict with the fundamental right of trans people to have protected their physical integrity and personal autonomy in connection with their human dignity.”

Starting July 1, 2025, updating legal gender on official records will become much easier. People 16 and up will be able to switch their legal gender, however anybody that is under the age of 18 will need permission from their parents, a doctor, and the National Board of Health and Welfare. When the law goes into effect, transgender people won't need a diagnosis of "gender dysphoria" anymore in order to legally change their gender.

In October 2024, Iceland announced that it will be revising it's blood donation laws to allow queer men to donate blood with the same restrictions as straight men. According to Axel Helgi Ívarsson, Iceland has wanted to make this change since 2018, but due to a lack of adequate research funding it has taken until now.

On March 22nd, 2024, New South Wales passed a bill that would ban conversion therapy for sexual orientation and gender identity; effective twelve months later.

On September 24th, 2024, Thailand’s king signed a bill that legalizes adoption for same-sex couples, and the bill was posted in the royal gazette. The bill became law 120 days after receiving royal assent, which was January 23rd, 2025.

On September 24th, 2024, Thailand’s king signed a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage, and it was posted in the royal gazette. A bill in Thailand becomes law 120 days after receiving royal assent, which in this case was January 23rd, 2025. The bill also grants same-sex couples the same rights in areas like child adoption, healthcare consent, and inheritance.

In his first hours in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to only recognize two sexes: "Male" and "Female", and to direct federal agencies to eliminate the use of "gender" in federal documents and guidelines, including an instruction to the Secretary of State to discontinue the use and option of X gender markers in passports moving forward, but not retroactively invalidating passports. While the proceedings for this new function are still in progress, the efficacy and constitutionality of the executive orders are under scrutiniy. In the meanwhile, other IDs are still state dependent and there are several jurisdictions in the U.S. that recognize third gender identities on this local level.

President Trump issued an executive order to "defend women", the order creates only male and female terms. Also stated in the terms, federal funding will not go towards (i) changes to agency documents, including regulations, guidance, forms, and communications, made to comply with this order; and (ii) agency-imposed requirements on federally funded entities, including contractors, to achieve the policy of this order. This order includes, any federally funded agencies like Department of Motors, which would be under Department of Transportation.

On January 20th, during Donald Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order that bans transgender people from serving in the military. Trump had previously promised during his 2024 presidential campaign to ban transgender people from the military on day one.

HB619 restricts gender affirming surgeries for minors under 18, parents or doctors may be subjected to fines or jail time, the bill is not clear on either. Surgeries are banned for minors, but HRT (Hormone replacement therapy) is not.

The new law on registered partnerships also allows gay couples to adopt their partner’s child.

A law that gives registered partnerships the same rights as marriage passed and it will come into effect in 2025.

On March 8th, 2024, the Liechtenstein government unanimously approved the legislation of gay marriage. The bill was passed in May 2024, and went into effect on January 1st, 2025.