Uruguay

This is a stub/draft, more information to come soon, it's so far based on the collection of procedures and rights for immigrants to Uruguay can be found on Cartografías Migrantes. The original content was done in Spanish due to its focus on regional immigration, other languages are machine translations. Does not (yet) contain dedicated information about trans/gender topics.

Uruguay is a comparatively LGBTQ+-friendly country with some legal protections for trans people.

Why Uruguay?

These bits sum up some information from a very comprehensive Wikipedia article on LGBTQ Rights in Uruguay.

• Legal gender recognition: Since 2009, people can change their name and gender marker, with has been made easier through the 2018 "Comprehensive Law for Trans Persons", which removes requirements for surgeries, hormone therapy or any form of diagnosis and also enables minors to change legal gender with parental consent. No "third-gender marker" for IDs exists as of 2025.
• Anti-discrimination laws: The Comprehensive Law for Trans Persons law also established a framework to revert past discriminatory state actions, including monetary reparations to transgender individuals persecuted during the Uruguayan Dictatorship. It stipulates that transgender people should receive 1 percent of public and private educational scholarships and the "free development of personality according to their chosen gender identity", and calls on the Government to ensure that transgender people are treated respectfully by authorities.
• Public healthcare: The Comprehensive Law for Trans Persons guarantees access health services. Details on trans-specific healthcare TBA
• LGBTQ+ rights and community: TBA
• Immigration pathways: see below

Political Situation for Trans People

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Uruguay's next secretary of human rights is a trans woman.

Access to Trans Healthcare

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