Uruguay Passes Comprehensive Transgender Rights Law with Self-ID
Uruguay enacted the Comprehensive Law for Transgender Persons, allowing self-identification and administrative gender change without surgery, hormones, or diagnosis. The law goes beyond self-ID to include government-funded gender-affirming healthcare, a 1% quota of government jobs reserved for transgender people, and reparations for trans people who were victims of state violence during the 1973-1985 dictatorship.
Impact & Significance
Became one of the most far-reaching transgender rights laws in the world by combining self-ID with employment quotas, healthcare guarantees, and transitional justice — provisions no other country had included.
Reference Record
- Date
- 26 October 2018
- Era
- 2010-2019
- Sources
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