Current Version
| Region | Nova Scotia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Sep 24, 2015 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Surgeries are no longer required to change one's gender marker in Nova Scotia since September 24th 2015. |
| Sources | https://transalliancesociety.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/thanks-to-a-little-girl-in-bc-gender-is-sex-in-canada/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/transgender-nova-scotians-birth-certificates-1.3242382 |
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Revision History (4)
edited by Notdog1996. Corrected the date and description (there is no federal law governing this at all, not sure where that came from) and added a source.
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Start Date | Oct 1, 2015 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Description | Not required since June 3, 2015 Under the Amendment to the Vital Statistics Act. As well under Federal Law. | Surgeries are no longer required to change one's gender marker in Nova Scotia since September 24th 2015. |
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| Sources | https://transalliancesociety.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/thanks-to-a-little-girl-in-bc-gender-is-sex-in-canada/ | https://transalliancesociety.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/thanks-to-a-little-girl-in-bc-gender-is-sex-in-canada/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/transgender-nova-scotians-birth-certificates-1.3242382 |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Not required since June 3, 2015 Under the Amendment to the Vital Statistics Act. | Not required since June 3, 2015 Under the Amendment to the Vital Statistics Act. As well under Federal Law. |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2001 |
| End Date | Oct 1, 2017 |
| Description | Not required since June 3, 2015 Under the Amendment to the Vital Statistics Act. |
| Sources | https://transalliancesociety.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/thanks-to-a-little-girl-in-bc-gender-is-sex-in-canada/ |