Introduction
Listening to the voices of sex and gender diverse people
Question 1: What, if any, administrative changes will be required to allow government agencies, notaries, or other officials to verify a person's sex or gender identity if their birth certificate does not include sex or gender information?
Question 2: Should guidelines be developed to guide the exercise of the Registrar's discretion to refuse an application to register a change of gender?
Question 3: Are there potential implications for the interaction of the JRL Act with existing legislation that are not discussed in section 2.2 of this Issues Paper?
Question 4: What policies are currently in place relating to access by sex and gender diverse people to gender-based locations or events? In your experience, what has been the outcome of implementing those policies?
Question 5: What, if any, reforms should be made in relation to consent to medical treatment to alter the sex characteristics of an intersex minor?
Question 6: What, if any, reforms should be enacted to enable minors to consent to medical treatment to alter their sex characteristics and to enable medical practitioners to act on their consent?
Question 7: Should there be an age requirement for valid consent to medical treatment to alter sex characteristics?
Question 8: Should there be additional conditions attached to the consent to enable medical practitioners to act on it, such as a requirement that minors receive expert counselling regarding the consequences of the surgery?
Question 9: Should medical practitioners be able to act on the consent of minors under 16 years of age to medical treatment to alter their sex characteristics and, if so, in what circumstances? For example, should there be a requirement that two medical professionals (defined to include clinical psychologists) are satisfied that: the child is capable of understanding the nature, consequences and risks of the treatment; and the treatment is consistent with the ‘will and preference' of the child; and the treatment
APS Activities related to Legal Recognition of Sex and Gender
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