Sex and gender recognition (page 8 of 8)

For an introduction to these issues, see our page on identification documents

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Signs of reform in the Australian Passport Office

We are pleased to report that the Australian Passport Office, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has made first steps in reforming its practices in relation to what it calls ‘sex and gender diverse’ people. We thank them for this. It should be noted, though that DFAT’s new position is essentially a return…
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On a third sex

The creation of any new category to be designated intersex poses several problems.