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| Region | Australian Capital Territory |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 1997 |
| End Date | Mar 20, 2014 |
| Description | The ACT did not abolish their surgery requirements until 2014 (put in place in a 1997 act) - before then gender confirmation surgery was required to change official documents' gender marker. |
| Sources | https://equalityaustralia.org.au/new-laws-removing-barriers-to-gender-recognition-welcomed-in-act/ https://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/act/consol_act/bdamra1997383/ |
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edited by jadeywadey. added start and end date and source
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| Start Date | (unknown) | 1997 |
| End Date | Mar 2014 | Mar 20, 2014 |
| Description | The ACT did not abolish their surgery requirements until 2014 - before then gender confirmation surgery was required to change official documents' gender marker. | The ACT did not abolish their surgery requirements until 2014 (put in place in a 1997 act) - before then gender confirmation surgery was required to change official documents' gender marker. |
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| Sources | https://equalityaustralia.org.au/new-laws-removing-barriers-to-gender-recognition-welcomed-in-act/ | https://equalityaustralia.org.au/new-laws-removing-barriers-to-gender-recognition-welcomed-in-act/ https://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/act/consol_act/bdamra1997383/ |
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created by jadeywadey
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Mar 2014 |
| Description | The ACT did not abolish their surgery requirements until 2014 - before then gender confirmation surgery was required to change official documents' gender marker. |
| Sources | https://equalityaustralia.org.au/new-laws-removing-barriers-to-gender-recognition-welcomed-in-act/ |