Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Passports - The Last Battle
Zoe Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2009/03/passports-last-battle.htmlAnd we won it. We've regained everything that was lost, and gained something new - recognition of our actual sex on our passports.
From the Sydney Star Observer :
The Rudd Government has reinstated gender-neutral identity documents and passports to help transgender people travelling overseas for surgery.
The decision follows an Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruling last year that transgender married couples were entitled to be issued new passports with their correct gender and existing marital status.
The policy review recommended those applications by people who are legally married and in a same-sex relationship should be determined on a case-by-case basis.
"Since the AAT decision, five passports have been issued to married sex- and gender-diverse persons," the Department of Foreign Affairs stated in response to Senate questions.
And at least one before - mine.
A new limited-validity passport will be available to applicants who wish to travel overseas for gender re-assignment surgery.
