According to the proposal, with the additional gender options, it is intended for transgender and intersex people to be able to enjoy ‘equal human rights without discrimination.’
The idea of supporting the removal of gender from birth certificates was previously rejected by Bill Shorten, noting that Labor ‘had no plans to change’ birth certificates.
To create a fair living for transgender people, so that they don’t have to constantly out themselves, Tasmania is about to remove gender from birth certificates. A law was successfully past last week by the Tasmanian Labor and Greens which include parents having to ‘opt in’ to have a baby’s sex recorded on birth certificates.
Speaking to Sky News, Health Minister Greg Hunt made it clear that this issue is going to be pushed forward. He revealed that, in order to increase the minimum 12 labels used to a maximum of 33 labels, he called on the Opposition leader to detail their plan. Hunt said:
We (the Morrison government) have a clear commitment to our existing gender identity laws. They want to adopt a standard which has a minimum of 12 different forms of identity which people can adopt or nominate.
