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Legal Status of Transgender Individuals After Changing Gender on Identity Card

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Perwitiningsih1, *
1Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: Perwitiningsih@umy.ac.id
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Perwitiningsih
Available Online 28 February 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-362-7_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Changing Gender; Legal Status; Transgender
Abstract

Indonesia recognizes only two genders, namely male and female, and does not recognize a third gender. This research aimed to discusses and analyzes the legality of gender reassignment on Identity Cards under Indonesian law, given this binary recognition, and further examines the legal position and status of transgender individuals after such a change. This study is normative legal research that employs a statutory approach. The findings of this research indicate that provisions regarding gender changes on identity cards are measured in Article 3 of Law No. 23 year 2006 concerning Population Administration in conjunction with Article 56, paragraph (1) of Law No. 23 year 2006 concerning Population Administration, and Article 97, paragraph (3) of Presidential Regulation No. 25 year 2008 on the Requirements and Procedures for Population Registration and Civil Registration. The legal status of transgender individuals who have changed their gender on their identity card is recognized as either male or female, based on the court’s determination.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Law Reform (5th Inclar 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 February 2025
ISBN
978-2-38476-362-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-362-7_28How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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