Youth Legal Gender Recognition Timeline.

The Supreme Court held that the Aguascalientes judicial model is unconstitutional and recognition must be administrative, private and based on self-perception.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

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

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

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.

The Administrative Court (Ro 2023/01/0005, 12 March 2026) held that a change, deletion or correction of the entry requires a medical expert opinion establishing gender incongruence.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

Cambodia has no clear administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.

The Administrative Court (Ro 2023/01/0005, 12 March 2026) held that a change, deletion or correction of the entry requires a medical expert opinion establishing gender incongruence.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

Made the escritura and registry correction of the sex component free of charge once.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

Held the adults-only limit unconstitutional in certain cases; adolescents need legal support and psychosocial reports, assessed individually.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The Justice Ministry circular of 8 January 2026 barred medical evidence requirements for trans people's first name changes and confirmed the demedicalised court route.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The Supreme Court annulled the provisions limiting recognition to adults.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

With the injunction dissolved, Idaho no longer corrects gender markers on birth certificates.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

Indiana stopped correcting gender markers on driver licences.

The BMV stopped all licence and ID marker changes, even with a court order or medical documentation.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

Laos has no clear administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.

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.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The Administrative Court (Ro 2023/01/0005, 12 March 2026) held that a change, deletion or correction of the entry requires a medical expert opinion establishing gender incongruence.

The Bureau rejected every request to change the sex on identity documents, stating that Macau law does not allow it, and the Government has no plans to change the regime.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

France: The Justice Ministry circular of 8 January 2026 barred medical evidence requirements for trans people's first name changes and confirmed the demedicalised court route.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

Affirmed the preliminary injunction against SB 458, the 2022 birth certificate rule and the 2024 licence policy as applied to sex marker amendments.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

France: The Justice Ministry circular of 8 January 2026 barred medical evidence requirements for trans people's first name changes and confirmed the demedicalised court route.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

A 2026 report to the UN Universal Periodic Review found that no law permits legal gender recognition or non-binary identities, so people are recognised only in their sex assigned at birth.

The Administrative Court (Ro 2023/01/0005, 12 March 2026) held that a change, deletion or correction of the entry requires a medical expert opinion establishing gender incongruence.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.

Signed in March 2026; restricts birth certificate updates after a South Dakota Supreme Court ruling that trans people cannot update their birth certificates.

The Supreme Court refused leave to proceed in a challenge to the circular, leaving the procedure in place.

The Administrative Court (Ro 2023/01/0005, 12 March 2026) held that a change, deletion or correction of the entry requires a medical expert opinion establishing gender incongruence.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The appeal was dismissed as moot and the injunction vacated; the case continues in the District Court.