|Aguascalientes|Aguascalientes has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Baja California|In 2022, the state’s congress enacted a reform to the Civil Code, creating an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition for adults. In June 2023, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the law’s requirement of being “at least 18 years old” was invalid as it did not recognize the rights of transgender children and adolescents. As a result, in 2024, Baja California’s congress passed a new reform, establishing a procedure for individuals under 18 and expanding legal gender recognition to non-binary people. |Reform of the Civil Code (pp. 9-11)|https://www.congresobc.gob.mx/Documentos/ProcesoParlamentario/Decretos/XXIVDECRETO No. 75.pdf|||
|Baja California Sur|In 2021, the state’s congress passed a reform modifying the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition. In June 2023, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to exclude children and adolescents from accessing this procedure. In 2024, Baja California Sur’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code and expanding the right of legal gender recognition to include children and adolescents and non-binary people|Reform of the Civil Code|https://www.cbcs.gob.mx/SESIONES/PORDINARIO23XV/06-ABRIL-2021/XPUNTO.pdf|||
|Campeche|In 2024, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|Reform of the Civil Code||||
|Chiapas|Chiapas has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Chihuahua|Although the state has not enacted any legislative reform around legal gender recognition as of March 2025, the Civil Registry has an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition based on a 2019 Supreme Court ruling finding that provisions of the state’s civil code violated the rights to equality and identity of transgender people by requiring a judicial process to secure legal gender recognition. That ruling established that an administrative procedure is the appropriate mechanism to guarantee these rights.|Supreme Court ruling|https://sjf2.scjn.gob.mx/detalle/ejecutoria/28693|Further Background|https://laverdadjuarez.com/2019/11/25/sin-amparo-personas-trans-pueden-adecuar-su-acta-de-nacimiento-en-chihuahua/|
|Coahuila|In 2018, the state’s congress passed a law creating the Law on Civil Registry of the State of Coahuila, establishing an administrative procedure for the recognition of self-identified gender identity.|Reform of the Civil Registry Law (arts. 124-128; pp. 20-21)|http://periodico.sfpcoahuila.gob.mx/ArchivosPO/95-PS-27-NOV-2018.PDF|||
|Colima|In 2019, the state’s congress passed a law reforming the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|Reform of the Civil Code|https://periodicooficial.col.gob.mx/p/27022019/p9022701.pdf|||
|Durango|Durango has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Guanajuato|In 2024, the state’s congress passed a law reforming the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|||||
|Guerrero|Guerrero has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Hidalgo|In 2019, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Family Law of the State of Hidalgo, creating an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition, available only to individuals over 18 years old. In 2022, it passed a law recognizing non-binary identities.|Reform of the Law for the Family (p. 12)|https://periodico.hidalgo.gob.mx/?tribe\_events=periodico-oficial-alcance-1-del-15-de-mayo-de-2019|||
|Jalisco|In 2020, the state governor issued a decree amending the Civil Registry Regulation, allowing all individuals, regardless of age, to access legal gender recognition. In 2022, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Registry Law recognize this right, but limiting it to adults. In June 2023, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for Jalisco to limit access to the right to adults. In March 2025, however, Jalisco’s, congress voted against a measure that would have extended this right to children in line with the Supreme Court ruling. |Gubernatorial Decree, Reform of the Regulation for the Civil Registry (pp. 10-17)|https://periodicooficial.jalisco.gob.mx/sites/periodicooficial.jalisco.gob.mx/files/10-29-20-ii.pdf|2022: Reform of the Civil Registry Law (Art. 23, p. 8)|https://periodicooficial.jalisco.gob.mx/sites/periodicooficial.jalisco.gob.mx/files/04-09-22-iv.pdf|
|Ciudad de México|In 2014, Ciudad de México’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code and the Code of Civil Procedure to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition applicable only to adults. In 2021, the Ciudad de México’s Head of Government issued a decree allowing adolescents as young as 12 years old to access this right.|Reform of the Civil Code (arts. 135 Bis - 135 Quintus)|https://data.consejeria.cdmx.gob.mx/portal\_old/uploads/gacetas/7bb8a79364dfde1302011f559a62d207.pdf|2021: Guidelines to Guarantee Human Rights in the Administrative Procedure for Recognition of Gender Identity in Mexico City for Adolescents|https://sidh.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/Docs/ComSocial/GacetaOficial\_BIS\_270821\_LGBTTI.pdf|
|Estado de México|In 2021, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition. In June 2023, Mexico’s Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the fact that the law does not extend this right to people under 18 years old. As of March 2025, Estado de México’s congress has not reformed its legislation in line with that ruling. |Reform of the Civil Code|https://legislacion.edomex.gob.mx/sites/legislacion.edomex.gob.mx/files/files/pdf/gct/2021/julio/jul222/jul222c.pdf|||
|Michoacán|In 2017, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Family Code of Michoacán de Ocampo to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|Reform of the Family Code|https://periodicooficial.michoacan.gob.mx/download/2017/agosto/18 de Agosto del 2017/7a-9717.pdf|||
|Morelos|In 2021, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Family Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition. In November 2021, Morelos’ governor issued a decree amending the Civil Registry Regulation to expand this right to children between 12 and 17 years old.|Reform of the Family Code (ejemplar 14.09.2021)|https://periodico.morelos.gob.mx/ejemplares|2021: Reform of the Civil Registry Regulation (ejemplar 26.11.2021)|https://periodico.morelos.gob.mx/ejemplares|
|Nayarit|In 2017, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code of the State of Nayarit to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|Reform of the Civil Code|http://periodicooficial.nayarit.gob.mx:8080/periodico/resources/archivos/D 270717 (06).pdf|||
|Nuevo León|Although the state’s legislative framework has not been reformed to guarantee an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition, coordination between the Civil Registry and the local judiciary has enabled the implementation of procedures that, although formally judicial, have an administrative approach in practice. These procedures are carried out in accordance with the standards established in Advisory Opinion OC-24/17 of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Trans children and adolescents can access this process through their parents or legal guardians.|A formally judicial procedure, although materially administrative, managed almost entirely through the civil registry.|https://www.sdpnoticias.com/diversidad/cambio-identidad-de-genero-en-nuevo-leon-tramite-personas-trans.html|||
|Oaxaca|In 2019, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition. In 2021, Oaxaca enacted another reform extending this right to children 12 years old and older. In June 2023, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the law to exclude children under 12 years old; with that reform nullified, all children in the state can now access this right.|Reform of the Civil Code (arts. 136-137 Quáter; pp. 2-3)|http://www.periodicooficial.oaxaca.gob.mx/files/2019/10/SEC40-02DA-2019-10-05.pdf|2021: Reform of the Civil Code, allowing gender recognition for minors (arts. 137 Ter – 137 Quáter; pp. 4-5)|http://www.periodicooficial.oaxaca.gob.mx/files/2021/10/SEC42-04TA-2021-10-16.pdf|
|Puebla|In 2021, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code to recognize the right to legal gender recognition. In 2021, congress issued a corresponding reform of the Civil Registry Regulation to recognize this right. One of the requirements established in the civil code law was that the applicant be at least 18 years old. In March 2022, the Supreme Court declared this provision unconstitutional. Congress has not legislated to comply with the ruling.|Reform of the Civil Code|http://periodicooficial.puebla.gob.mx/media/k2/attachments/T\_E\_V\_26032021\_C.pdf|||
|Querétaro|Querétaro has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Quintana Roo|In 2020, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|Reform of the Civil Code|http://documentos.congresoqroo.gob.mx/dictamenes/DI-XVI-2020-11-17\_720\_8.pdf|Further Background|https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2020/11/19/estados/reforman-codigo-civil-de-qroo-para-reconocer-a-personas-2018trans2019-4694|
|San Luis Potosí|In 2019, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Law on Civil Registry to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|Gubernatorial Decree, Reform of the Regulation for the Law of Civil Registry|http://www.cegaipslp.org.mx/HV2019Tres.nsf/nombre\_de\_la\_vista/0EB945AEA16E405486258488006CA7FD/$File/Inic1-.pdf|||
|Sinaloa|In 2022, the state’s congress passed a reform amending the Family Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition, also covering children and adolescents.|Reform of the Family Code (pp. 3-11)|http://media.transparencia.sinaloa.gob.mx/uploads/files/2/POE-16-marzo-2022-033-I.PDF|||
|Sonora|In 2021, the state’s congress passed a reform of the Civil Registry Law creating an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition for adults. In June 2023, Mexico’s Supreme Court declared the law’s limitation of the right to adults to be unconstitutional. As of March 2025, congress has not reformed its laws in line with the ruling. |Reform of the Civil Registry Law|http://www.boletinoficial.sonora.gob.mx/boletin/images/boletinesPdf/2021/02/2021CCVII9I.pdf|||
|Tabasco|Tabasco has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Tamaulipas|Tamaulipas has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Tlaxcala|In 2019, the state’s congress passed a reform to the Civil Code to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|Reform of the Civil Code|https://congresodetlaxcala.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/D.-113.-SE-REFORMAN-Y-ADICIONAN-DIVERSAS-DISPOSICIONES-DEL-CÓDIGO-CIVIL-DEL-ESTADO-DE-TLAXCALA.-011019.pdf|||
|Veracruz|Veracruz has not reformed its legislation to create a legal gender recognition procedure for transgender people|||||
|Yucatán|In 2024, the state’s congress passed a reform to the Civil Registry Law to create an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition.|||||
|Zacatecas|In 2022, the state’s congress passed a reform to amend the Family Code creating an administrative procedure for legal gender recognition. In 2023, the director of the Civil Registry issued corresponding guidelines to implement the law.|Reform of the Family Code|https://www.congresozac.gob.mx/coz/images/uploads/20230126134044.pdf||http://periodico.zacatecas.gob.mx/visualizar/1f058a50-e51c-4a4e-aef8-8a2eef072b1d;1.2|