Hi all I was wondering if after having bilateral orchiectomy counts as having SRS surgery to change the gender marker on your birth certificate in Australia,
As I have contacted the sydney office of Births Deaths and Marriages and I cant get definitive answer from them ?
Cheers Tracy
My understanding is that you need full GRS to "qualify" for a gender marker change in NSW (and the legislation around this is State and Territory based, not Federal).
Yes it varies from state to state. You don't need SRS in SA. I think Vic is the same.
It will depend on where you were born, which state which country. If you were born in Adelaide call the SA BD&M not Sydney.
Quote from: Cindy on March 24, 2016, 11:51:45 PM
Yes it varies from state to state. You don't need SRS in SA. I think Vic is the same.
Thank's for this answer, am born Victoria but living in Tas.
Have just emailed BDM in Vic to clarify .
Anna
I just did it in Vic, I had the srs surgeon sign it and a gp after confirming I'd had srs.
QuoteThe Act defines "sex affirmation surgery" as a "surgical
procedure involving the alteration of a person's reproductive
organs carried out for the purpose of assisting the person to
be considered to be a member of the opposite sex".
I would take that mean to SRS. Though ultimately if the doctors signing it consider an Orchi this, then that's all you need to do.