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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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 2026

    Aruba

    Court judgment

    Ordered a sex entry change under article 8 ECHR, noting Aruba has no statutory regime.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 2026

    Bangladesh

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 2026

    Cambodia

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 2026

    Indonesia

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

  27. 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.

  28. 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.

  29. 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.

  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. 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.

  35. 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.

  36. 2026

    Laos

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  37. 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.

  38. 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.

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. 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.

  42. 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.

  43. 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.

  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. 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.

  47. 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.

  48. 2026

    Nepal

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  49. 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.

  50. 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.

  51. 2026

    Pakistan

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  52. 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.

  53. 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.

  54. 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.

  55. 2026

    Philippines

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  56. 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.

  57. 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.

  58. 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.

  59. 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.

  60. 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.

  61. 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.

  62. 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.

  63. 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.

  64. 2026

    Singapore

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  65. 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.

  66. 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.

  67. 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.

  68. 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.

  69. 2026

    Thailand

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  70. 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.

  71. 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.

  72. 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.

  73. 2026

    Vietnam

    Other legal event

    The report finds that the country enforces male or female registration at birth with no provisional or other entry.

  74. 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.

  75. 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.

  76. 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.

  77. 2025

  78. 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.

  79. 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.

  80. 2025

    Cuba

    Introduced

    Allows rectification of the sex entry at the civil registry without surgery or court, with a CENESEX multidisciplinary report.

  81. 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.

  82. 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.

  83. 2025

  84. 2025

    Guyana

    Policy changed

    An adult can change their name once by affidavit at the General Register Office.

  85. 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.

  86. 2025

    Kenya

    Policy changed

    Legal Notice 153 of 2025 gazetted a sample birth notification form listing intersex alongside male and female.

  87. 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.

  88. 2025

  89. 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.

  90. 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.

  91. 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.

  92. 2025

    Paraguay

    Court judgment

    Overturned a first-instance order recognising a trans woman's lived name, nine years after the case began.

  93. 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.

  94. 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.

  95. 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.

  96. 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.

  97. 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.

  98. 2025

    Texas, United States

    Introduced

    Requires vital statistics to identify each individual as either male or female.

  99. 2025

  100. 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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