What rights don’t trans people have?

28 min readSep 3, 2020

A list of the rights that trans people are missing in order to be equal to cis people around the world.

This is a live document and is not exhaustive. If you know of a right missing in your country, or you have an article to back up one mentioned (even if it already has a source), please comment below or contact me on Twitter.

(Please note: So far I have only done Europe, Central Asia, the USA, and some of Africa. I haven’t even attempted to research most of the Americas, East Asia, South Asia, or most of Africa yet.)

Afghanistan

No legal right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]

Albania

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Algeria

No legal right to exist at all (prison) [source][source]

Andorra

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Angola

No legal gender recognition at all (complicated, ambiguous) [source][source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Armenia

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Australia

No practical access to trans healthcare [source]

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales and Norfolk Island

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Northern Territory

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Queensland

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]

South Australia

No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Tasmania

No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Victoria

No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Western Australia

No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Austria

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]

Azerbaijan

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Belarus

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Belgium

No hate crime law [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Bosnia & Herzegovina

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Botswana

No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]

Brunei

No right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]

Bulgaria

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Cambodia

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]
No regulation on healthcare [source]

Canada

No legal right to donate blood [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

China

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source][source]

Croatia

No legal name change at all [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Cyprus

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Czechia

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

Denmark

No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

Estonia

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

Finland

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

France

No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

Germany

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]

Some provinces (FIXME which?)

No legal protection against education discrimination [source]

Georgia

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Greece

No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Honduras

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Hungary

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Iceland

No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Indonesia

No right to exist at all (prison and corporal punishment) [source]

Iran

No legal recognition of trans people at all [source]
No right to exist without compulsory surgery (inconsistent, death penalty for trans women, corporal punishment for trans men) [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source][source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source][source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]
No regulation on healthcare [source]

Isfahan, Tabriz, Kermanshah, and Mashhad

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No legal right to trans healthcare [source][source]

Tehran

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal name change without compulsory surgery [source]
No access to transition at all for lesbian, gay and bisexual trans people [source][source]

Note: in Iran occasionally lesbian, gay and bisexual cis people are forced to transition to escape capital punishment. Whilst this denial of bodily autonomy and freedom of sexuality isn’t technically a trans right, those things are both key to trans rights, and it is related to Iran’s patriarchal society which causes such terrible living conditions for all LGBT people, and also affects gay trans people as mentioned above. [source]

Ireland

No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Italy

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Jamaica

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No practical protection from violence [source]

Japan

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition for those with children [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Kazakhstan

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Kyrgyzstan

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Kosovo

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Latvia

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Lebanon

No right to exist at all (prison) [source]

Liechtenstein

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Lithuania

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Luxembourg

No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Malaysia

No right to exist at all (prison and corporal punishment) [source]

Malawi

No right to exist at all (prison and corporal punishment) [source]

Malta

No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Mauritania

No right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]

Mexico

No legal right to trans healthcare [source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Aguascalientes

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Baja California

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Baja California Sur

No legal right to exist (police harassment, ambiguous) [source]
No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Campeche

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Chiapas

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Chihuahua

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Coahuila

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Colima

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Durango

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Guanajuato

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Guerrero

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Hidalgo

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Jalisco

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

México

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Mexico City

Michoacán

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Morelos

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Nayarit

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Nuevo León

Oaxaca

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Puebla

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Querétaro

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Quintana Roo

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

San Luis Potosí

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Sinaloa

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Sonora

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Tabasco

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Tamaulipas

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Tlaxcala

No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Veracruz

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Yucatán

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Zacatecas

No legal gender recognition at all [source][source]
No legal protection against any discrimination [source]

Moldova

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Monaco

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Montenegro

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Myanmar

No right to exist at all (prison) [source]

The Netherlands

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

New Zealand

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No legal protection against discrimination (ambiguous) [source]

Nicaragua

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Nigeria

No right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]

North Macedonia

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Norway

No hate crime law [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

Oman

No right to exist at all (prison) [source]

Papua New Guinea

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source][source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Poland

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Portugal

No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Qatar

No right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]

Romania

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Russia

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No legal ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to drive [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

San Marino

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Saudi Arabia

No right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]

Serbia

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Slovakia

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Slovenia

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Somalia

No right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]

South Sudan

No right to exist at all (prison) [source]

Spain

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]

Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha and La Rioja

No legal protection against employment discrimination [source][source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source][source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source][source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source][source]

Sri Lanka

No right to exist at all (prison) [source]

Sweden

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Switzerland

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Thailand

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source][source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No equal military service laws (complicated, some banned, some mandatory conscription) [source]
No practical access to equal housing [source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]

Turkey

No legal gender recognition without forced sterilisation [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory divorce [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Tajikistan

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Turkmenistan

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Ukraine

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No legal ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

United Arab Emirates

No legal right to exist at all (prison) [source]

United Kingdom

No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal gender recognition without spousal consent [source]
No legal ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to religious marriage [source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]

Northern Ireland

No hate crime law [source]

United States

No legal right to serve in the military [source]

Alabama

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal privacy of gender recognition [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Alaska

No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No legal privacy of gender recognition [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Arizona

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Arkansas

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

California

Colorado

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]

Connecticut

Delaware

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

District Of Columbia

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Florida

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Georgia

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Hawaii

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]

Idaho

No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Illinois

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]

Indiana

No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Iowa

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Kansas

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Kentucky

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Louisiana

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Maine

No legal privacy of gender recognition [source]

Maryland

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Massachusetts

No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Michigan

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Minnesota

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Mississippi

No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Missouri

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Montana

No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Nebraska

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Nevada

New Hampshire

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

New Jersey

New Mexico

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without legal name change [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

New York

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]

North Carolina

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

North Dakota

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal privacy of gender recognition [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Ohio

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Oklahoma

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Oregon

No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Pennsylvania

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Puerto Rico

No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Rhode Island

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]

South Carolina

No legal privacy of gender recognition [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

South Dakota

No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Tennessee

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Texas

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Utah

No legal privacy of gender recognition [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Vermont

No legal gender recognition without medical intervention [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Virginia

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal privacy of gender recognition [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Washington

West Virginia

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Wisconsin

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Wyoming

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal right to foster a child [source]
No legal right to adopt a child [source]
No legal protection against welfare discrimination for children [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No ban on “trans panic” defense [source]

Uzbekistan

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal name change at all [source]
No hate crime law [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against goods and services discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal protection against gender expression discrimination [source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]
No parenthood recognition [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]

Venezuela

No legal gender recognition at all [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Vietnam

No legal gender recognition without compulsory surgery [source]
No legal gender recognition without mental health diagnosis [source]
No legal protection against rape [source]
No legal protection against employment discrimination [source]
No legal protection against healthcare discrimination [source]
No legal protection against education discrimination [source]
No legal protection against housing discrimination [source]
No legal parenthood recognition [source]
No practical access to trans healthcare [source]
No regulation on healthcare [source]
No legal right to serve in the military [source][source]
No ban on conversion therapy [source]

Yemen

No right to exist at all (death penalty) [source]