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Transgender report demands law change

Started by Shana A, January 17, 2008, 05:20:56 PM

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January 17, 2008, 05:20:56 PM
http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_5479.php

Transgender report demands law change
Posted in: New Zealand Daily News
By GayNZ.com News Staff - 18th January 2008

The Human Rights Commission is calling for a simple amendment to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Act that would allow trans people to obtain birth certificates and passports that reflect their gender identity and sex.

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The Commission's Transgender Inquiry report entitled To Be Who I Am - released this week - recommends that an amendment to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1995 would make it clear that a person who had taken "decisive steps to live fully and permanently in the gender identity of the nominated sex" could be issued a document that accurately recorded their sex.
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