Intersex Birth Registration Timeline.
Every recorded change in the law, destination by destination.
- 808 Events
- 630 Destinations
- Since 1867
How to read this timeline
Each history starts with the first law that applied to the place, so it includes earlier states and colonial, imperial and religious law, not only today's government. A state or territory's events sit under that place.
History shows how the law got here. Today's scores follow the scoring matrix.
Every recorded event
808 events · 630 destinations
2020s100 of 364 events shown
2026
Aceh, Indonesia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Court judgment
The Supreme Court held that the Aguascalientes judicial model is unconstitutional and recognition must be administrative, private and based on self-perception.
2026
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Andhra Pradesh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Aruba
Court judgment
Ordered a sex entry change under article 8 ECHR, noting Aruba has no statutory regime.
2026
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Assam, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Bagmati, Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Bangladesh
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Bihar, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Bulgaria
Court judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union (C-43/24 Shipova, 12 March 2026) held that EU law precludes a legal framework that does not allow a citizen who has exercised free movement to change sex data.
2026
Cambodia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Chandigarh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Chhattisgarh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Delhi, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Gandaki, Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Goa, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Gujarat, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Haryana, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Himachal Pradesh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Indonesia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Jharkhand, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Johor, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Karnali, Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Karnataka, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Kedah, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Kelantan, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Kerala, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Koshi, Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Labuan, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Ladakh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Lakshadweep, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Laos
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Latvia
Other legal event
The Ministry of Health confirmed in April 2026 that the gender identity disorder diagnosis behind a register change may be made by a psychiatrist or council of doctors.
2026
Lumbini, Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Madhesh, Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Madhya Pradesh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Maharashtra, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Manipur, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Meghalaya, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Melaka, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Mizoram, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Nagaland, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Odisha, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Pahang, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Pakistan
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Penang, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Perak, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Perlis, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Philippines
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Puducherry, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Punjab, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Putrajaya, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Rajasthan, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Sabah, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Sarawak, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Selangor, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Sikkim, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Singapore
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Sudurpashchim, Nepal
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Tamil Nadu, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Telangana, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Terengganu, Malaysia
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Thailand
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Tripura, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Uttar Pradesh, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Uttarakhand, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
Vietnam
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2026
West Bengal, India
Other legal event
The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.
2025
Alabama, United States
Introduced
Requires vital statistics to identify each individual as male or female and states that people with differences in sex development are not a third sex.
2025
Albania
Other legal event
In 2025 Albania rejected a UPR recommendation on self-identification-based recognition and a trans activist began legal action against the civil registry's refusal to change her marker.
2025
Burkina Faso
Introduced
Law 012-2025/ALT of 1 September 2025 enacted a new Code des personnes et de la famille, signed on 25 September 2025, replacing the 1989 code; its commencement date is unclear.
2025
Christmas Island
Amended
The Act abolished the Gender Reassignment Board and its reassignment-procedure test, replacing it with a registry application supported by a clinical treatment statement.
2025
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Amended
The Act abolished the Gender Reassignment Board and its reassignment-procedure test, replacing it with a registry application supported by a clinical treatment statement.
2025
Cuba
Introduced
Allows rectification of the sex entry at the civil registry without surgery or court, with a CENESEX multidisciplinary report.
2025
Czechia
Court judgment
Constitutional Court judgment Pl. ÚS 52/23 (May 2024) struck down the surgery and sterilisation requirement with effect from 30 June 2025.
2025
Estonia
Introduced
Regulation No. 42 of the Minister of Social Affairs (25 August 2025) set the conditions for the medical expert commission's decision on gender incongruence that grounds a change of sex in the population register.
2025
2025
Guyana
Policy changed
An adult can change their name once by affidavit at the General Register Office.
2025
Iowa, United States
Amended
Defined sex as male or female observed or clinically verified at birth and required vital statistics and birth certificates to record it.
2025
Kenya
Policy changed
Legal Notice 153 of 2025 gazetted a sample birth notification form listing intersex alongside male and female.
2025
Lithuania
Court judgment
On 16 September 2025 the Constitutional Court declined a referral on the absence of gender change legislation, leaving courts to fill the gap.
2025
2025
New South Wales, Australia
Introduced
The Regulation lists the particulars of birth notification and registration, including the sex of the child, with an exception where a particular cannot be supplied.
2025
Norway
Amended
Lovvedtak 104 (2024-2025) moved appeals and children's applications with one parent to the State Administrator in Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus.
2025
Papua New Guinea
Introduced
The Act set up combined civil and identity registration, recording gender at birth and on the national identity card, with name changes by application to the Registrar-General.
2025
Paraguay
Court judgment
Overturned a first-instance order recognising a trans woman's lived name, nine years after the case began.
2025
Poland
Court judgment
The Supreme Court full bench (III CZP 6/24, 4 March 2025) moved recognition into non-contentious proceedings with only the applicant and spouse as participants.
2025
Slovakia
Amended
Constitutional Act 255/2025, in force 1 November 2025, inserted Article 52a: the Slovak Republic recognises only the biologically determined sex of man and woman.
2025
Suriname
Introduced
The new Civil Code Book 1 took effect, including first-name changes by the cantonal judge and the doubtful-sex entry at birth.
2025
Svalbard
Amended
Lovvedtak 104 (2024-2025) moved appeals and children's applications with one parent to the State Administrator in Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus.
2025
Sweden
Introduced
Lag 2024:238 on determination of sex in certain cases took effect on 1 July 2025, replacing the 1972 Act with an application to the National Board of Health and Welfare supported by a certificate.
2025
Texas, United States
Introduced
Requires vital statistics to identify each individual as either male or female.
2025
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico
Introduced
Created an administrative procedure with no age requirement.
2025
West Virginia, United States
Introduced
Requires data collected by sex, including vital statistics, to identify each person as male or female.
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