Trans Person in Kelantan Becomes First Individual in Malaysia Charged with Changing Their Gender

Trans Person in Kelantan Becomes First Individual in Malaysia Charged with Changing Their Gender

The post Trans Person in Kelantan Becomes First Individual in Malaysia Charged with Changing Their Gender appeared first on WORLD OF BUZZ. The Kelantan Syariah Court is presiding over Malaysia’s first case involving an individual charged with changing their gender. The case is being brought under the state’s Syariah Criminal Code (I) Enactment 2019, which was gazetted in 2020. The specific provision within the enactment stipulates that it is an …

Kelantan Records First Trans Woman To Be Dragged Into Court Over Gender Reassignment Surgery

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. Kelantan has recorded the first trans woman in Malaysia’s history to be taken to court over the offence of gender reassignment surgery (changing one’s gender through surgical and medical means) under the Syariah Criminal Code Enactment (I) 2019, since the law was gazetted in 2020. According to Malaysiakini, the prosecution of the first case to…

Trans woman in Kelantan charged with changing gender

The charge was framed under a section of Kelantan’s syariah criminal code that criminalises the changing of one’s gender or that of another person.