Your Nation's Status on T-rights

[Noraika]

The following questions are to be used to evaluate the level of T-rights in the replying nations. I've seen many of these Factbook threads focusing on LGBT-rights, but more often then not, and with all due respect, these tend to be focused exclusively on LGB-rights, with usually an exclusion of T-rights. With this in mind, I wanted to give T-rights a little light in the sun, so to speak, and so I decided to make the following National Questionnaire to focus exclusively on T-rights.

Forgive me if this national questionnaire is not the best, as this is my first attempt at creating something of this manner. Thank you for your participation, and I hope you enjoy.

Rights of Trans Individuals in Your Nation
For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the term “trans”, in this questionnaire, refers to “transsexual and/or transgender”.

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

Rights of Trans Individuals in Your Nation
For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the term “trans”, in this questionnaire, refers to “transsexual and/or transgender”.

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
There are an estimated 0.62% (or about 31,086) of total population who are trans in the Commonwealth of Noraika based on national surveys and estimations.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
It is completely legal to be openly and privately trans, and there is no legal restrictions on this matter of personal expression of an individuals gender identity.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
Trans individuals, within the Commonwealth of Noraika, are largely tolerated within society, and can largely go about their lives without being heckled, harassed, assaulted or oppressed, but there is still a sizable minority who disprove of trans individuals, and a small number, unfortunately, still do cause some trouble from time to time. The state openly, and wholeheartedly supports T-rights, and advocates for the social acceptance and equality of trans individuals.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Any individual who is has resided within the nation for at least one year, or is a citizen, and who has attained the age of 18, may submit an application to change their legal gender and name simultaneously, free of charge, to the Department for Transgenders,Transsexuals, and Gender Identifications, although it is possible, under separate circumstances, for trans individuals as young as 16 to submit a likewise application.

They must also submit a declaration that they have the solemn intention to live the rest of their life as their preferred gender, and understand the consequences therein. Their primary medical practitioner must also then submit a written statement that the individual is transitioning, or has transitioned, to their preferred gender, and they understand the consequences in their medical opinion.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
The state provides mental health through the National Health Service, and has an entire department dedicated to working with, and providing adequate services to trans individuals.

b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
The state heavily subsidises prescribed hormone pills, injections, or otherwise methods of HRT, the same as all other prescription medications. On average, the costs of a year of hormones and anti-androgens is about N£1297.15 (£9.60 per month) per year among paying individuals, with individuals who are unemployed, in full-time studies, disabled, retired, or cannot afford the costs paying nothing.

c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?

Surgeries related to the transitioning of the individual to their preferred gender is covered by the National Health Service, as being free at point of service. This includes all relevant surgeries such as Sexual Reassignment Surgery, Voice training or surgery, facial, top, and bottom surgeries, et cetera.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
Regulations exist that explicitly prohibit the discrimination of trans individuals within the education system, within business hiring practices and the workplace, within organisations such as the police or the military, and in the provision of services by the state, or in private businesses. The state has maintained a strict enforcement on these points, and has expanded the protections as new cases or situations have emerged in the past.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
Hanna Bjarnisdóttir --- current Head of the Department for Transgenders,Transsexuals, and Gender Identifications
Andrea Óskarsdóttir --- well-known writer whose primary genre is historical fiction

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
a) Public approval of treating trans individuals equally, in all aspects of society, is currently at 71% among the population of the Commonwealth of Noraika, and about 58% of individuals see them as "completely normal members of society". Both of these numbers have been increasing dramatically.

[Themiclesia]

Pardon me for not using your well-prepared questionnaire, but I felt it unnecessary to explain my nation's position on transgender/sexual issues, which are as follows:

1. If transgenderism is the result of natural birth, then the government will not intervene. The individual will be assigned a gender at parents' joint agreement. The person will also be permitted to define his gender once and for all at age of majority, or 20 years. If both opportunities are declined, the person will remain with legal gender registered as 'indefinite'. The reason why we don't permit this person to change gender causally is because such a right is not afforded to other persons of more clearly defined gender, which ultimately is not of their choice either; consequently, allowing a transgender person to change legal gender constantly will amount to discrimination to other, more common genders. However, transgender persons may still apply for legal gender change through normal avenues, just not based on their status as a natural transgender.

2. The government will not permit naturally male or female persons to become transgender, regardless whether surgeries have been conducted to that effect or not. They can, however, change their sex, from male to female or the other way around.

3. Damages arising from unjustified discrimination against transgendered person can be recovered in court, just as any other sort of civil damage.

[Imperium Sidhicum]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.

There's probably some among the human populace, but Imperial authorities take little interest in human demographics of any kind to know. There are certainly none among Sidhae.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?

Well, it isn't illegal, but it certainly isn't anything the authorities would specifically legalize or otherwise support or endorse either.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?

Any Sidh confused about his or her gender will be strongly recommended to visit a psychiatric technician. Sidh society recognizes only two genders - male and female - that correspond to the two respective biological sexes, and flatly reject the notions of gender fluidity or the existence of more than these two genders, regarding any deviation from the normative natural genders as sexual deviance, a disorder to be treated and nothing more.

The state backs this stance up with law, requiring any gender-confused individuals to mandatorily visit a psy-tech if such confusion persists for more than two months. Failure to do so will result in a fine for neglecting one's bodily maintenance (Sidh cyborg bodies technically being state property).

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?

The average Sidh will fail to grasp why would anyone even want to change gender in the first place. Those afflicted with this gender confusion can be treated and cured, so there's no real need for anyone to change gender in the first place.

An emerging mind transfer technology would allow future Sidhae to upload their minds and personalities into synthetic bodies of any sex, and while the process is already technically feasible, Sidh populace is generally cautious about developing this technology further - despite the obvious advantages, the process still has too many unknown factors and the risk of data corruption or loss that would have unpredictable effects on the uploaded consciousness.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care? Psy-tech consultations and therapies are free of charge, as with all other medical procedures in the Imperium. An individual suffering from gender confusion is required by law to consult a psy-tech for readjustment.
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)? Supporting that would kind of be contrary to the state's purpose of assigning new generations of citizens biological sexes.

"If certified state progenitors have decided to make you either male or female, then they damn well know why, and they certainly know it damn well better than you do, so you better stop whining about your deviant confusion and consult psy-tech right away!" would be the answer of the average Sidh to this question.

c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
The state pays for all reparative and enhancement surgeries, but sex reassignment, serving no practical purpose whatsoever, is not one of them. Should any Sidh have the mind to request one, he'd most likely be forcibly taken to psy-tech instead, his mental state apparently having deteriorated too much to be considered legally capable.


6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?

None, asides from the said free access to psychiatric services. A confused Sidh will not be cast out, brutalized or ridiculed for his confusion by society, but neither he will be supported in pursuing his deviance. Gender confusion is a disorder, plain and simple, in Sidh eyes and is to be treated as one.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?

If there are any who suffer, or have in the past suffered from gender confusion, they certainly don't advertise it to broader public. Not only it would be grossly indiscreet on their part, it would also imply that gender confusion is something desirable, to be embraced and pursued by others who would consider these celebrities their role models.


8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

Propagating transgenderism as the norm is strictly forbidden, as these ideas are usually expressed by human propaganda and seek to create division where none existed before.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
About 5%, as there is a large LGBT culture following our extremely liberal legislature
2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Yes.
3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
Trans individuals are treated like citizens by the state and the law, and are typically welcomed by lawmakers and society as a whole
4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
They are. The only requirement is that they inform the Census Bureau's Headquarters and provide them with a concrete definition of their gender.
5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
Fully accessible to trans citizens at all times
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
Fully accessible at all times (both A and B and C are state-provided and free)
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
Fully accessible at all times
6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
The same protections are enjoyed by trans people which are guaranteed for every other citizen. They are also guaranteed the right not to be discriminated against by any one person or establishment, just like everyone else in the Entity.
7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
There are plenty trans musicians and artists who reside in the Entity, exactly two politicians are trans (and therefore they are very close to each other), and there is a trans software mogul.
8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

[Lugstrana]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
About .79% of the Lugstranian population is believed to be trans.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Being trans is perfectly legal, openly and privately.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
Trans individuals are treated equally by the state and most Lugstranians support the rights of transgender people. In school, children are taught about the gender spectrum, gender identity, and gender expression, which makes for a more tolerant society.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Yes, a trans individual can legal change their gender without an requirements. To change their sex, however, an individual must get the approval of a psychologist.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
As all healthcare is provided and funded by the state, trans individuals receive all of their care, including therapy, hormones, and surgery, for free. All therapists and psychologists are trained to understand the gender spectrum, gender identity, gender expression, and gender dysphoria

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
The LGBT Civil Rights Act gives the same rights that everyone else has to all members of the LGBT community, including gay, bisexual, and transgender, and genderqueer individuals. It also makes discrimination against an LGBT person illegal and bans conversion therapy.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
One of the most famous Lugstranian musicians, Aleksandra Medvedev, is trans (MTF)

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
N/A

[Zhouran]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans. There are 0% people in the Great Zhouranese Empire of the Sun who are transsexual.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans? Nope, in fact it's absolutely illegal to be transsexual, either openly or privately.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state? Due to our conservative and traditionalist society, transsexuals are seen as an outside force that can destroy our culture and traditions. Also, a Zhouranese person cannot fully understand the idea of being another gender when gender itself is actually biological, not a so-called "social construct."

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so? Nope, "changing" your gender is illegal, and any doctor who participates in gender surgery will be punished severely for such heinous act.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care? None
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)? None
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning? None

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals? There is no legal protection, instead it's the opposite...

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)? None

8. Is there anything else you would like to add? N/A

[Auzkhia]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
It's very hard to keep track, since trans people transition at different times. But studies suggest about 1%.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Yes, very.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
Just another set of people, while some people don't really understand them, they are treated well.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Yes, it's just like changing your name.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
The State currently does nothing, except recognizing the fact that you changed your gender.
We don't really have surgeries. if you can find the right person, you could be magically transformed into your desired sex. However "Spell number 63" is only done by very high level unicorn mages, and those are nobility and royalty. Nowadays, Princes and Princesses will graciously offer their services and will take insurance, especially if the magic corrupts (which is very uncommon). Gender reassignment surgery is a modern development to make it more accessible, but it is expensive and a bit experimental, and it renders the patient sterile. Magic is older than modern medicine, while they often crossover, magic is clearly the better option for trans-people.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
In most jurisdictions and in some jobs you can't discriminate against sex or gender identity

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
There are a few.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
N/A

[Independent Carolina]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.

• In the 2080 national census, individuals on the question of "Do you identify as transgender, or of another sex?" could choose to select either "Yes", "No", or "I do not want to answer." Around 5.1 million people chose the option of yes.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?

• Citizens of Carolina are fully in their right to keep their gender identity private if they wish. However, there are no laws against those transgender.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?

• Culturally is very open to transgender individuals.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?

• Yes, transgender individuals are allowed to change their gender if they wish. Only requirements are to sign the necessary paperwork that shows that are changing your gender.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?

• Fully supported.

b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?

• Yes.

c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?

• Yes.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?

• Transgender individuals are covered under the same laws that protect other LGBT individuals.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?

• Many prominent individuals in our nations history have identified as transgender.

[Reagan Bunker]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
None

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
No, banned under the same laws banning:
Houses without railings, mixing grapevines with other crops, wearing clothing of mixed fabrics, clothing without tassels.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
Not recognized to exist.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
No.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
None.
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
None.
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
None.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
None.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
No.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
The beverage 'TEA" is illegal to prevent Redcoat infiltration of American society.

[Deskorga]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
1/15th of the population. We may be wrong though, it's hard to count.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Yes, high-schools even encourage transgender individuals to come out to the rest of the class.
However, it is not required even if very few feel the need to keep it a secret.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
Transgender individuals are supported by the state, and given all necessary care free of charge ( Except for taxes ).

Transgender people can register for a 25,000 DC ( Digital Credit ) certificate to
buy clothes, prosthetics, etc.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?

Any citizen is allowed to change their gender to Male, Female, or Neutral at any point in their lives.

A surgery only requirements are consent from the individual and being at least 16 of age.

Parents CANNOT legally get involved in the process in any way..

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) Free Access to Counseling and any Medical Care
b) All required medications are prescribed free of charge.
c) The process is free of charge


6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?

Most required protections exist in Deskorga law.
Parents may not interfere in any part of the transition.
Schools must accommodate for ANY difficulties faced during the
process of education

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?

Alicia Mansuoer, Tactician of the Socialist Revolution

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

We don't place nice with Anti-LGBT nations, the best course of action is to leave use alone. We don't want trade, embassies, etc with people whom discriminate against others.

Ignorant nations may receive books for an equivalent of 200,000 DC so that they may learn what transgenderism actually is.

[Olwe]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.?

About 15 million.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?

Yes to both.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?

They're treated well by society, but not given special treatment... Olweans respect and tolerate, but don't coddle. They're protected under anti-discrimination laws by the state.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?

Yes. The only requirement is being openly trans.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?

These are all covered under Olwe's universal healthcare program.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?

The aforementioned anti-discrimination laws and healthcare support pretty much cover it. Anything more would be coddling them, which would be a form of discrimination in and of itself. (Although it should be mentioned that restrooms in Olwe have always been unisex, which allows us to avoid the which-bathroom unpleasantness that a lot of other cultures have to figure out.)

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?

Yes. Layla Jenner (no relation to 21st century trans icon Caitlyn; she's actually more closely linked to the Battlemech manufacturing family) is an actress who is known to have transitioned from male to female before her career started. She's fairly famous in Olwe, though not well-known internationally yet.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

In addition to trans people, the Olwean Empire is also called home by quite a few hermaphroditic species, most well-known among them the Futanari (who look like Human females with penises). All in all, there are somewhere around 1.7 billion hermaphrodites in Olwe, which has decreased the stigma around trans people somewhat and made us the open-minded society we are today.

[Gandoor]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
It's estimated that about 0.68%, or about 1,564,000 people in Gandoor are trans.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
It is legal for both.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
They're treated like the people they are.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Yes, there is no requirement beyond a signed statement by ones doctor.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
All are covered under our universal healthcare system,

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
Discrimination on the basis of gender identity in all forms is strictly illegal.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
Yes, there are several trans entertainers and a few politicians.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
No.

[Boring People]

Rights of Trans Individuals in Your Nation
For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the term “trans”, in this questionnaire, refers to “transsexual and/or transgender”.

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
Due to a hostile environment for transgenderism, it is not common to be aware of any trans people.
2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
No
3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
Discrimination and transphobia are widespread and endorsed by the state.
4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
No
5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
May Be Forced
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
Not Offered
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
Not Offered

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
None
7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
Not Openly
8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
No

[Kwadai]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
Exact numbers are largely unclear, however they estimated percentage sits at about 1% - 2.5%

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Being transgender is completely legal both privately and openly.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
KwaDaian society though strongly influence by Islam holds very high acceptance for transgender people. A recent survey taken asked people to answer yes or no to whether they agreed on the statement "Transgender citizens should be given complete equality in all aspects of society" the results shows support levels reaching up to 92%

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Yes transgender individuals are permitted to legally change their gender without any requirements.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?

All of the above are covered under by laws making transgender citizens liable for any healthcare or assistance they may require.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
The Gender Recognition Act of 2012 ensures that all discrimination on the grounds of gender identity are illegal and will not be tolerated.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
KwaDaian pop star Rania al Mazroui is transgender and was the primary force behind pushing KwaDai's government to recognise and approve of giving full rights to transgender KwaDaian citizens.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
N/A

[Diopolis]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
It's estimated that about 10,000 individuals in Diopolis live as members of the opposite sex. Reasons vary from religious involvement(it's believed that upwards of 60% are females pretending to be males in order to gain admittance to the seminary) to psychiatric disorders. In addition, there are a small number of intersexed individuals who are kept in homes for the severely disabled.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
No. Claiming to be any gender other than one's biological sex is considered perjury if done on government documents or to gain admittance to seminary(in which case it is also considered heresy and apostasy) and evidence of insanity anywhere else.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
For the state, see above, although outside of such things an individual would probably be left alone by the government. Most would be shunned by society if outed.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
No. Attempts are considered blasphemous and condemned.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
Every individual has access to psychiatric care. However, such will likely be aimed at convincing a trans individual that he or she is his or her birth gender.
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
None. Hormone provision is strictly regulated by law.
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
None. Such is illegal.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
None. Trans individuals are considered either insane or perjurers, depending on the context.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
A prominent terrorist, "Bishop"(the church contends that she is not a real bishop or for that matter a priest) Anne Haverly, claims to have been trans earlier in her life to get through seminary. While government documents indicate that she was briefly in attendance at a seminary, she was in fact kicked out once her femininity was discovered and gained ordination(the church maintains that neither of them was valid) through illicit channels.
That's the closest you'll get.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
Our new Emperor's relatively harsh stance on the matter of deviancy has resulted in the outing of several thousand people and stricter measures put in place for seminary entrants.

[Beiluxia]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
Beiluxia has legally recognised a third-gender identity option since 2007. In the 2010 census, 0.1% of the population registered under the third gender. However, analysts suspect the actual population to be much higher since many transgenders choose to identify as male or female rather than the third gender.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Amendment VIII of the Beiluxian Constitution, adopted in 2007, protects sexual orientation and gender identity from arbitrary discrimination. In example, this makes it illegal to fire transgender people or remove them from entities of public usage (i.e. restaurants, parks) on the basis of their gender identity as such action constitutes arbitrary discrimination.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
All services in the public realm are obligated to serve transgenders as per Amendment VIII. Many Beiluxians have a hands-off approach to the LGBT community in general, neither fully rejecting nor fully accepting them.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Transgender people may change their gender on their National Identity Card by submitting proper documentation and approval from a licenced doctor or psychologist.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
Public healthcare accommodates gender therapy and psychiatry, most requiring no upfront fee.

b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
Public healthcare covers hormonal therapy. Patients must apply on a case-by-case basis.

c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
Lower-income applicants are eligible for free therapy whereas higher-income applicants may have to cover some procedural fees.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
Amendment VIII of the Beiluxian Constitution legally protects trans people from arbitrary discrimination, as they fall under the newly-protected group of gender identity. In Beiluxian constitutional law, "arbitrary discrimination" is any form of action against person(s) of a protected group(s) on the basis of person(s) identifying with said protected group(s) without a legal obligation or justification to do so. Some other protected groups in the Constitution are race, religion or lack thereof, and ethnicity.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
Due to the hands-off approach to the LGBT community in Beiluxia society, many LGBT Beiluxians tend to avoid associating as LGBT publicly (even if are open/out privately). Despite having one of the most accepting sexual and gender laws in the world, Beiluxians traditionally shy away from public discussions of sexuality and gender.

[Novus Niciae]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
There is quite a few people who would fit this description.


2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Most people are pretty open about it when asked.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
They are treated exactly the same as everyone else.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
You may change your gender on your documentation at any time for any reason. Although it is generally expected that you will be occupying a body of the gender specified unless you are a Mind. (While AI minds are technically neuter , some will identify as being male or female, and they are legally considered to be this gender)

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
This in fully integrated into the public healthcare system and most hospitals have cloning facilities and councilors for those who wish to do this.

b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
This is no longer applicable owing to our methods which are explained below.

c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
Cloning and transferring is done free of charge in our public hospitals.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
There are no specific protections above and beyond what ordinary citizens of their new gender get.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
It is usually hard to tell, although the 1st generation of transfer GEMs had quite a few people who used to be male due to problems with the cloning and augmentation process that effected only the male line , this problem has since been corrected.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

The process we use to transfer into cloned replacement bodies naturally lends itself to gender changing as easily as it is used to facilitate other augmentations and customizations.
Typically someone going to hospital for a body upgrade will have a consultation with a doctor who will ask them what upgrades they want installed in their new body and they will be able to choose exactly what they look like. The new body is then cloned and augmented and the patient is transferred into it when the new body is complete.
This process changes the biological gender of the individual to a DNA level to the extent that that will be able to bear or sire children without any issues.

[Parhe]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
Unofficial figures estimate up to eight hundred thousand trans individuals.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Yes.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
The state makes no changes when dealing with trans or non-trans individuals, because it doesn't recognize gender or sex based differences anyway in any individuals except for reproductive organs. For the most part, society pays no attention to the "trans" parts of individuals but is very hostile towards those who passionately proclaim it or attack it.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
What does this even mean, legally change? The government or law does not even recognize genders and I find it hard for someone to legally change something not legally identified. As for sex, a person can change their legal sex, and the individual and state is actually required to, when a person, somehow, assuming it is possible, lose their original gonads and gain functioning gonads of the other sex. Simply losing gonads or having defected gonads does not change one's sex legally.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
If for some reason a person is in dire need of therapy then the person receives it from the government, although the idea of trans is so foreign in the nation no doctor is likely to referral it.
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
The government does not provide these or funds for these.
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
We don't. It is common for all people to hold insurance to cover purely cosmetic plastic surgery, which this is considered in our state.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
The same as there is for everyone else. There are no laws specifically protecting or harming trans individuals, or rather the "trans" aspect of said individuals.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
No.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
As people of a genderless society, we find the concept of genders, and the resulting transsexuals, as just extensions of repression.

[Lansuo]

Rights of Trans Individuals in Your Nation
For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the term “trans”, in this questionnaire, refers to “transsexual and/or transgender”.

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
State censuses have not given accurate samples of particular significance. However, independent studies by LGBT+ rights groups and human rights watchdog organizations put an estimate of ~2% of the population being openly trans*.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
Yes. Legal expression of one's correct gender is protected under the Gender Identity Clause.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
In society there is some stigma and taboos regarding trans identity, particularly in the form of pseudo-scientific claims that such individuals are mentally ill, and that they require better social conditioning. However despite the general conservative nature of Lansuonese society as well as the taboos, information sessions and new education material regarding the issue are becoming more commonplace in the larger cities, often issued by universities or government research facilities. The state generally has a negative view of radicalism on both sides of the current issue, and has made some progress by raising awareness regarding current trans* issues, although some independent organizations claim that the government is simply too apathetic and inefficient in such matters.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Sex reassignment is legal and is provided by the state for individuals that wish to change their sex to align their gender. The requirements are approval from two doctors, approval from a certified psychiatrist or equivalent, as well as permission from the Ministry of Welfare. It is also legal to identify as one's correct gender with just the approval of a certified psychiatrist or equivalent.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
Offered by the state. All counselors, nurses, psychologists/therapists, and psychiatrists are to have formal knowledge of the neuroscience and psychology behind gender.
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
Subsidized by the state via semi private pharmacies.
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
All surgical practices are offered through the Medicare public healthcare system.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
There are anti discrimination laws in place, but their enforcement is somewhat erratic. Generally trans individuals are given support for health services, so long as they register with the Ministry of Welfare.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
There are several well known celebrities in the entertainment industry who are openly trans*

[The Republican United States]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans? None.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans? No

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state? They would be treated badly if they were any.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so? No

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care? Nothing
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)? Nothing
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning? Nothing

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals? None

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)? None

8. Is there anything else you would like to add? Nothing

[AHSCA]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans: Unknown as no official statistic have been gathered due to the non-recognition by the Government.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?: It's complicated there are some edicts banning the practice handed down in local villages but at the national level there isn't official law on it

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?: In general, rather poorly. Little protection is given and the state as a whole has not given recognition to trans people.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?: Technically there's no law on it and due to AHSCA's mostly underdeveloped infrastructure doing so requires time, money and travel. It isn't illegal for doctors to give gender suppression or altering drugs. Outright persecution has happened but usually on rather small scales. Violence is often overlooked or unreported.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…

[s] a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?:
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?[/s] NONE of these are provided by the state


6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?: Virtually none but it is illegal to murder any citizen in AHSCA and AHSCA generally runs on a retributive system of justice.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)? No one of note.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

[The Vrree Nations]

Rights of Trans Individuals in Your Nation
For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the term “trans”, in this questionnaire, refers to “transsexual and/or transgender”.

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans?

5.5% of Vrree are transsexual. Of these, about 4.3% are "stable-state" transsexual, while 1.2% are transitioning from male to female or vice-versa. Naturally intersex individuals are significantly more common among Vrree than among humans. As for transgender persons who don't want to change their sex, these are difficult to detect.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?

Yes

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?

Vrree do not have a concept of "gender" in the abstract sense. We only classify people by physical sex, although we do recognise typical male and female behaviors. There is no societal obligation for males to act masculine or females to act feminine, so transgender persons who do not want to change their physical sex would not seem any different from a normal person.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?

When you become an adult, you are free to alter your body in any way you choose.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?

The "state" as you understand it hardly exists. In all cases, the onus is on the individual to acquire the necessary materials or services.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?

None exist, but none are necessary. Trans people are not stigmatised in Vrree society.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?

Taixke na'Vess, Eastern Quadrant Director of the Vrree Species Diplomatic Corps, was born male and recently finished tradtional HRT to become female.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?

There are two ways one can change one's sex in the Vrree Nations.

The first is by using drugs based on plants native to our homeworld Erwlu. These compounds have been known for thousands of years. If taken regularly over enough time, they are capable of completely changing one's physical sex. However, the process is often painful (aches and pains are the most common complaint) and it takes years to complete.

A more modern way is Intensive Gene Therapy. Sex changes are one of many things IGT can do. It is painless and only takes days to complete. However it is expensive, whereas traditional methods are cheaper and with costs spread out over time. Depending on where you live, you may also have to go out of your way to find a clinic with an available IGT pod.

[Opabinia]

1. Around 1-5% of the total population, although data is inconclusive at best.
2. Trans individuals may be as open, or as private, about their gender identity as they see fit.

3. Opabinian society as a whole is very open and respectful towards trans individuals, and this attitude is reflected by the government, as will be elaborated upon below.
4. Trans individuals may legally change their gender by filling out the appropriate paperwork. Minors over the age of 12 may legally change their gender with the consent of an adult guardian and a licensed psychiatrist. Minors over the age of 15 may legally change their gender without the consent of an adult guardian, and may instead have their paperwork signed by a licensed psychiatrist, who can be contacted anonymously without parental knowledge.

5.Access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care, acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, etc) and the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning are all provided for free by the National Health Service.

6. Discrimination on the basis of gender identity is illegal in Opabinia, under the revised Nondiscrimination and Equal Rights Act. When it comes to gender segregated facilities (bathrooms, locker rooms, etc), trans individuals are permitted to use the facility of the gender they identify with.

7. Nader Momboka and Bridget Hayashi are both trans member of parliament. Carl Freeman is a famous trans folksinger.

8. Opabinia offers sanctuary to trans individuals living in countries where the transgender population is persecuted, and such individuals may immigrate to Opabinia as refugees.

[The Third Nova Terra of Scrin]

Rights of Trans Individuals in Your Nation
For the sake of simplicity and clarity, the term “trans”, in this questionnaire, refers to “transsexual and/or transgender”.

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
-No reputable estimates exist, and are probably negligible.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
-Technically, yes, but sex change operations or such medical operations made so that a person can change his/her gender or biological gender appearance are banned.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
The State condemns such transsexual people.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
Not at all.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
a). None
b). None
c). None

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
None at all

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
None at all

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
In a nutshell, the "transgendered" are mostly unknown, and the issue of the transgender remains taboo in Tanzhiye.

[Dtin]

1. Roughly how many individuals in your nation are known, or estimated, to be trans.
The Dtien government takes no interest in the sexual orientation of its citizens; however independent surveys estimate a trans population of around 1 million.

2. Is it legal for individuals to be openly, or privately, trans?
It is legal.

3. How, in general, are trans individuals treated in society? By the state?
The state views them in the same way as other citizens of Dtin. In society, trans individuals are often seen as icons of comedy.

4. Are trans individuals permitted to legally change their gender? What are the requirements of doing so?
They are legally permitted to change their gender, after the written consent of a relative if under 18 and undergoing 1 year of gender therapy.

5. To what extent does the state offer assistance to trans individuals with…
a) …access to properly trained gender therapists and psychiatric care?
b) … acquisition of resources for Hormone Replacement Therapy (anti-androgens, hormones, et cetera)?
c) …the provision and cost of surgeries related to transitioning?
a) Full access.
b) Adequate access dependent on economic conditions.
c) Adequate access dependent on economic conditions.

6. What legal protections, or support, exist for trans individuals?
The Royal Act on the Homosexual, Transgender and Bisexual Individual, The Royal Bill on the Rights of Homosexual, Transgender and Bisexual Individual, The Royal Decree on Transgender Persons.

7. Are there any prominent persons in your nation's society who are trans (musicians, politicians, et cetera)?
There are quite a few famous actresses who are trans, for example Sumthachala "Kik" Mahayurin, a prominent international actress, Nakthivathatcha etc. There are also many models who are trans, for example Jumlaw "Chum" Khlaobpanak, an internationally acclaimed model.

8. Is there anything else you would like to add?
NA