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| Region | Tasmania |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | May 9, 2019 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In May 2019, Tasmania became the first state to allow its citizens (especially transgender/agender people) to obtain a birth certificate that accurately reflects their gender identity. Given the novelty of the law, the state’s peak law reform body was directed to consider the impact of the reforms on Tasmania’s system of law and justice. Today, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute reported its findings that the changes in the law have no significant unintended consequences for the law and justice system. |
| Sources | https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/all-colours-of-the-rainbow-why-tasmanias-new-gender-identity-laws-are-warranted2 https://www.auspublaw.org/blog/2019/06/legislative-equality-for-vulnerable-australians#:~:text=On%2010%20April%202019%20Tasmania,birth%20certificates%20without%20parental%20consent. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing start date.
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| Start Date | Mar 21, 2019 | May 9, 2019 |
| Description | In late 2019, Tasmania became the first state to allow its citizens (especially transgender/agender people) to obtain a birth certificate that accurately reflects their gender identity. Given the novelty of the law, the state’s peak law reform body was directed to consider the impact of the reforms on Tasmania’s system of law and justice. Today, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute reported its findings that the changes in the law have no significant unintended consequences for the law and justice system. | In May 2019, Tasmania became the first state to allow its citizens (especially transgender/agender people) to obtain a birth certificate that accurately reflects their gender identity. Given the novelty of the law, the state’s peak law reform body was directed to consider the impact of the reforms on Tasmania’s system of law and justice. Today, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute reported its findings that the changes in the law have no significant unintended consequences for the law and justice system. |
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| Sources | https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/all-colours-of-the-rainbow-why-tasmanias-new-gender-identity-laws-are-warranted2 | https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/all-colours-of-the-rainbow-why-tasmanias-new-gender-identity-laws-are-warranted2 https://www.auspublaw.org/blog/2019/06/legislative-equality-for-vulnerable-australians#:~:text=On%2010%20April%202019%20Tasmania,birth%20certificates%20without%20parental%20consent. |
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edited by Buzdolabimotoru. Added starting date, despriction and source
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Description | In late 2019, Tasmania became the first state to allow its citizens (especially transgender/agender people) to obtain a birth certificate that accurately reflects their gender identity. Given the novelty of the law, the state’s peak law reform body was directed to consider the impact of the reforms on Tasmania’s system of law and justice. Today, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute reported its findings that the changes in the law have no significant unintended consequences for the law and justice system. | |
| Sources | https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/all-colours-of-the-rainbow-why-tasmanias-new-gender-identity-laws-are-warranted2 |