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  • Argentina [1]
  • Australia (only Tasmania) [2] [3]
  • Austria: opt in scheme similar to Germany via mandatory reinterpretation of existing law according to Constitutional Court decision [4]
  • Bangladesh [5] (report by third party)
  • Chile: Non-binary gender recognised on birth certificates. [6] [7] [8] It is standard to register babies as "indefinite sex" (sexo indefinido) rather than "male" or "female" if their sex is indeterminate at birth. [9]
  • Canada [10] [11] [12]
  • Colombia [13]
  • Denmark [14]
  • Germany: mandatory, but opt in scheme to be introduced following legal case [15] [16]
  • Iceland [4]
  • India [5]
  • Kenya [17]
  • Malta [18] [6]
  • Mexico [19]
  • Nepal [20]
  • The Netherlands [21]
  • New Zealand [22] [23]
  • Pakistan: It is standard for khwaja sara (eunics/hijras) to be listed as "third gender" on their legal documents. [24]
  • Portugal (gender self-identification, but only binary) [25] [26]
  • Uruguay (gender self-identification, but only binary) [27]
  • USA (some states) [28]
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  1. Decreto 476/2021 (in es). Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (20 July 2021). Retrieved on 21 July 2021.
  2. Holme, Ingrid (2008). " Hearing People's Own Stories". Science as Culture 17 (3). DOI: 10.1080/09505430802280784.
  3. Australian Government Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender, 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved on 6 October 2014.
  4. [1] Der Österreichische Verfassungsgerichtshof, 29 June 2018, retrieved 29 June 2018.
  5. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580345/Bangladesh_-_CPIN_Sexual_orientation_and_gender_identity_-_December_2016.pdf
  6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chile-issues-first-non-binary-national-identity-document/2022/10/14/707cce10-4c0d-11ed-8153-96ee97b218d2_story.html
  7. https://www.pjud.cl/prensa-y-comunicaciones/docs/download/39404
  8. Clínica Jurídica U. de Chile logra primer fallo que reconoce género no binario a persona mayor de edad (in es). www.uchile.cl. Retrieved on 8 July 2022.
  9. 269 niños han sido inscritos con sexo indefinido en el Registro Civil en los últimos 12 años (in es-ES). La Tercera (14 March 2018). Retrieved on 16 March 2018.
  10. Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Change the sex on your passport or travel document - Canada.ca. www.canada.ca.
  11. (August 24, 2017). " Canadian Passports to have ‘X’ gender starting Aug. 31". Global News. Retrieved on August 24, 2017.
  12. (August 31, 2017). " Canada introduces gender-neutral 'X' option on passports". The Guardian. Retrieved on August 31, 2017.
  13. Presse, AFP-Agence France. Colombia Adds Non-binary Gender Option On Passports (in en-US). Barron's. Retrieved on 2023-08-30.
  14. Denmark: X in Passports and New Trans Law Works. Transgender Europe (2014-09-12). Retrieved on 2018-10-20.
  15. Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Änderung personenstandsrechtlicher Vorschriften (Personenstandsrechts-Änderungsgesetz – PStRÄndG).
  16. Archived copy. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved on 2017-12-18.
  17. Kisika, Sam (2022-08-08). Landmark Kenya intersex rights law takes effect (in en-US). Los Angeles Blade: LGBTQ News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment. Retrieved on 2022-08-19.
  18. Pace, Yannick (5 September 2017). Malta introduces ‘X’ marker on passports, ID cards and work permits. Malta Today. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved on 6 September 2017.
  19. Hansford, Amelia (2023-05-21). Mexico unveils new non-binary passport: ‘Diversity enriches and flourishes’ (in en-US). PinkNews. Retrieved on 2023-05-23.
  20. Sunil Babu Pant and Others v. Nepal Government and Others, Supreme Court of Nepal. Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved on 2017-05-24.
  21. Netherlands issues gender neutral passport for first time in its history.
  22. Department of Internal Affairs, "General information regarding Declarations of Family Court as to sex to be shown on birth certificates".
  23. Transgender applicants - New Zealand Passports (passports.govt.nz). Retrieved on 27 December 2014.
  24. [2]
  25. Lei n.º 38/2018, de 07 de Agosto. Direito à autodeterminação da identidade de género e expressão de género e à proteção das características sexuais de cada pessoa
  26. Terceiro género em Portugal não reconhecido legalmente.
  27. Ley Integral Para Personas Trans. Uruguay Ministry for Social Development. Retrieved on 05 March 2019.
  28. [3]

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World map of countries that legally recognize a third gender option

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