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Title: 'Intersex' gender mooted for Australia - report
Post by: Nicky on December 07, 2008, 02:56:12 PM
Post by: Nicky on December 07, 2008, 02:56:12 PM
Australia's official human rights watchdog wants a third gender called "intersex" to be created for use on official documents like passports and driving licences, a newspaper report said on Saturday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4784739a19716.html (http://www.stuff.co.nz/4784739a19716.html)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4784739a19716.html (http://www.stuff.co.nz/4784739a19716.html)
Title: Re: 'Intersex' gender mooted for Australia - report
Post by: Krissy_Australia on December 08, 2008, 08:32:01 PM
Post by: Krissy_Australia on December 08, 2008, 08:32:01 PM
I joined the Autralian Sex Party political group the other day. It was quite a liberating feeling to be able to fill in the sex part of the form as transgender
Title: Re: 'Intersex' gender mooted for Australia - report
Post by: whatsername on December 08, 2008, 09:42:08 PM
Post by: whatsername on December 08, 2008, 09:42:08 PM
While I do think this would in fact be more accurate, I worry that people with "Intersex" on their licenses would have it used against them. :\