Entry #5372: Right to change legal gender in Federated States of Micronesia

Current Version

Region	Federated States of Micronesia
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Illegal
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	There is no legal process for changing your gender. "Moreover, these three jurisdictions do not provide any administrative or legal procedures allowing trans people to have their identified gender recognised in official documents."
Sources	https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/international-news-news/micronesia-a-diverse-region-with-diverse-lgbti-laws/143887

👍 NEW: Helpful votes! You can now rate each edit as helpful or unhelpful. Votes add another layer of approval and are an easy way to say thank you to other editors. Helpful votes may become public in the future but unhelpful votes will always remain private.

Revision History (12)

Feb 27, 2024

edited by cosmeticplague. Too vague

	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Special Status	Ambiguous	Illegal
Description	No laws in place.	There is no legal process for changing your gender. "Moreover, these three jurisdictions do not provide any administrative or legal procedures allowing trans people to have their identified gender recognised in official documents."
Description	Show Difference No laws in place. There is no legal process for changing your gender. "Moreover, these three jurisdictions do not provide any administrative or legal procedures allowing trans people to have their identified gender recognised in official documents."

Aug 13, 2023

edited by JuliaB. No laws in place.

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Description	Federated States of Micronesia does not provide any administrative or legal procedures allowing trans people to have their identified gender recognised in official documents.	No laws in place.
Description	Show Difference Federated States of Micronesia does not provide any administrative or legal procedures allowing trans people to have their identified gender recognised in official documents. No laws in place.

Mar 3, 2023

edited by Markissik. Adding source and updating the status

	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Illegal
Special Status	Ambiguous	(REMOVED)
Description	Unknown.	Federated States of Micronesia does not provide any administrative or legal procedures allowing trans people to have their identified gender recognised in official documents.
Sources		https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/international-news-news/micronesia-a-diverse-region-with-diverse-lgbti-laws/143887

Jul 20, 2018

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	(REMOVED)
Special Status	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Description	No	Unknown.
Sources	No

Jun 20, 2018

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal, no restrictions
Special Status	Ambiguous	(REMOVED)
Description	Unknown.	No

Jun 5, 2018

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Description	No	Unknown.

Apr 19, 2018

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Illegal

Mar 8, 2018

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	(REMOVED)	Legal, no restrictions
Special Status	Ambiguous	(REMOVED)
Description	Unknown.	No

Feb 27, 2018

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Not clear	Unknown.

Nov 26, 2017

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal	(REMOVED)
Special Status	(REMOVED)	Ambiguous
Description	No	Not clear

Jan 20, 2017

edited by Ausyk

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	Legal, no restrictions	Illegal

Jan 20, 2017

created by Ausyk

	Original entry
Status	Legal, no restrictions
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	No
Sources	No