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Tasmania makes declaring gender on birth certificates optional in divisive raft of reforms
Australia's state of Tasmania has passed a measure giving parents the option of not listing gender on birth certificates, sparking backlash from the island's premier and those who believe such a move hurts women and free speech.
The new rule also permits trans people to change the gender on all identity documents without having sex reassignment surgery or counseling, and allows 16-year-olds to change their gender without parental approval. It also bans “hate speech and offensive language” against people on the basis of their gender identity.
These provisions were attached as amendments onto a bill that originally just ended the legal mandate forcing individuals undergoing gender transition to divorce their partners.
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While Australia has allowed trans people to change the gender on their passports since 2013 – or use “x” if “male” and “female” seem too restrictive – regardless of surgical status, rules for other identity documents like drivers' licenses vary between the states. According to LGBT advocacy group ILGA, Tasmania is “probably one of the first places in the world” to discard gender from birth certificates altogether, though several countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Pakistan, and Nepal, as well as a number of US states and municipalities, permit individuals to select a third option on identity documents that is not male or female.
https://www.rt.com/news/456185-tasmania-...tificates/
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