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Leonne, then 57, was born intersex and raised male, before having gender reassignment surgery and become female, but still identifies as an intersex person. Leonne won a court case which meant that preventing someone from registering officially as gender neutral is a "violation of private life, self-determination and personal autonomy".
On 15 April 2014, the Supreme Court of India delivered its judgment in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (NALSA v.UOI), in which it recognised the rights of transgender people in India and laid down a series of measures for securing transgender people's rights by mandating the prohibition of discrimination, recommending the creation of welfare policies, and reservations for ...
Chile: Non-binary gender recognised on birth certificates. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] It is standard to register babies as "indefinite sex" ( sexo indefinido ) rather than "male" or "female" if their sex is indeterminate at birth.
[7] [8] [9] The foundation of common law, the 16th Century Institutes of the Lawes of England described how a hermaphrodite could inherit "either as male or female, according to that kind of sexe which doth prevaile." [10] [11] Single cases have been described in Canon law and other legal cases over the centuries.
Union of India) Gender identity: Transgender people have a constitutional right to change their legal gender, and a third gender (non-binary) is recognised. [1] [2] (National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India) Military: Openly homosexual people are banned [3] Discrimination protections
Laws concerning gender identity/expression Benin: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); [68] [94] Equal age of consent since 2018. Bans some anti-gay discrimination Burkina Faso: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [95] Constitutional ban since 1991 Cape ...
States across the country will ring in the new year with laws set to take effect throughout 2024 about issues like gun violence, book bans and gender-neutral toy sections.
Transgender people in India need to undergo a gender-affirming surgery to change their legal gender from male to female or vice-versa. This has been opposed by Indian transgender activists. [13] India also requires proof of having undergone a gender-affirming surgery for changing the gender listed on one's passport.