The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) finds that the State’s 2019 gender identity reform laws do not create any significant or unintended consequences for Tasmania’s justice system.Tasmania’s parliament passed the Marriage and Gender Amendments Act in April 2019, allowing transgender and gender diverse (TGD) citizens to obtain birth certificates that accurately reflect their gender identity when it overhauled State law with the Marriage and Gender Amendments Act.The Act made the recording of sex on a birth certificate optional by recording it at a separate public register, This change allows Tasmanians to have their gender recognised without seeking surgery, and provides diverse options for gender descriptors on legal documents.Due to.
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