Five years after the national authorization for Brazilian civil registry offices to change the name and sex of transgender people, the number of changes has grown by almost 100% in the country and today more than 10,000 acts have been carried out without the need for a judicial procedure and no proof of surgery. Regulated throughout the country in 2018, following a decision by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), the change of sex in a notary was regulated by the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and came into force in June of the same year. In the first year of validity – June 2018 to May 2019 — 1,916 changes were made and, in the last year – June 2022 to May 2023 – there were 3,819 gender changes, an increase of 99.3%. Civil Registry Information Center (National CRC), a national database of births, marriages and deaths managed by the National Association of Natural Person Registrars (Arpen-Brasil), which brings together the 7,757 civil registry offices in the country. what we see are people who are increasingly aware of their rights and wanting to make their personality and self-determination prevail in practice”, said, in a note, the president of Arpen-Brasil, Gustavo Renato Fiscarelli, “This is yet another principle related to the dignity of the human person and who finds in the Civil Registry Office a much more practical and agile procedure than the old option of resorting to the Judiciary”, he added. validity of the norm were those in which there was greater growth. In the period from June 2021 to May 2022, there was an increase of 57.6% compared to the previous period, when acts increased from 1,348 to 2,124. The following period, from June 2022 to May 2023, saw even greater growth, with the numbers rising to 3,819 gender changes, a 79.8% increase. Among gender changes, changes to the female gender prevail. In the first year of the new regulation – June 2018 to May 2019 – there were 1,068 changes from male to female and 798 from female to male. In the last year of the norm – June 2022 to May 2023 – 2,017 changes from male to female and 1,558 from female to male were recorded. How to do it To guide those interested in making the change, Arpen-Brasil edited the National Booklet on the Change of Name and Gender at Notary, in which it presents the step by step for the procedure and the documents required by the CNJ rule. the process of changing the gender in the name at the civil registry offices it is necessary to present all the personal documents, proof of address and the certificates of the civil, state and federal criminal distributors of the place of residence of the last five years, as well as the certificates of execution state and federal criminal law, the Protest Notary Offices and the Labor Court. Next, the registry officer must conduct an interview with the interested party. Any notes on the certificates do not prevent the act from being carried out, and the civil registry office is responsible for communicating the competent body about the change of name and sex, as well as the other bodies of identification of the change made to the birth record. The issuance of other documents must be requested by the interested party directly to the competent body. There is no need to submit medical reports, nor is it necessary to undergo an evaluation by a doctor or psychologist.
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